CaseFormation2007

Sacramento, CA, USA

I saw one craft, that I thought was thespace shuttle...then it floated fast... then dissapeared..then 4 more formed circle... then

Report quality: High73/100

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  • Duration parsed: 30s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (130 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • 2 other reports from the same city within 3 days
When
2007-08-19
Where
Sacramento, CA, USA
Shape
Formation
Duration
30 seconds
Geo
38.582, -121.494 · exact
Slug
formation-over-sacramento-ca-2007-854a88
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…

Local cluster

Local cluster

Sacramento, CA logged 4 reports in the single month of August 2007.

In context

  • One of 304 documented reports from Sacramento, CA in the UFOMYST archive.
  • California logged 587 sightings in 2007.
  • Formation sightings ran at 3.1% during the 2000s (archive average: 3.3%).

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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