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CaseCircle2016

Yakima, WA, USA

Looking N over there army base Yakima, WA, there is four or five lights above the sky moving very slowly. ((anonymous report))

Report quality: Moderate45/100

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  • No parseable duration on file
  • Moderate witness text (105 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2016-08-12
Where
Yakima, WA, USA
Shape
Circle
Duration
north close to the firing
Geo
46.602, -120.506 · exact
Slug
circle-over-yakima-wa-2016-22e940
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave2004

    The Navy Encounters & the UAP Era

    U.S. training ranges (Pacific off San Diego; Atlantic off Virginia), then worldwide reporting

    The wave that renamed the subject. The USS Nimitz 'Tic Tac' encounter (November 2004: radar drops from 80,000 ft to sea level in seconds, pilot visual by Cmdr. David Fravor, FLIR video) stayed classified-adjacent until…

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In context

  • Yakima, WA has 113 sightings on file here.
  • 2016 brought 229 reports from Washington.
  • The 2010s skewed 12.3% circle reports; the archive-wide figure is 10.6%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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