CaseLight2011

Auburn/Renton/Bellevue, WA, USA

4 odd lights over Seattle area around 10PM, 2 seemed to "join" then shot off ((NUFORC Note: Hoax?? Contact info is defective. PD))

Report quality: Low5/100

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  • Duration parsed: 900s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (76 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
  • Summary contains a HOAX marker
  • NUFORC attached a skeptical explanation note (e.g. Venus, satellite, meteor)
When
2011-08-10
Where
Auburn/Renton/Bellevue, WA, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
15 minutes
Geo
47.307, -122.228 · exact
Slug
light-over-auburn-renton-bellevue-wa-2011-45b07e
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…

In context

  • Auburn/Renton/Bellevue, WA shows up 1 times across the archive.
  • 304 reports came from Washington in 2011.
  • In the 2010s, 21.2% of reports described a light — the all-time rate is 20.3%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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