CaseLight2020

Canton, NC, USA

On 10/20/2020 at 9:18 PM, I had just returned from downtown Asheville, NC to my home located in rural Canton. Due to an owl whooting ou

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 480s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2020-10-20
Where
Canton, NC, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
6-10 minutes
Geo
35.533, -82.837 · exact
Slug
light-over-canton-nc-2020-ed5897
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

  • Canton, NC has 2 sightings on file here.
  • 2020 brought 136 reports from North Carolina.
  • The 2020s skewed 21.4% light reports; the archive-wide figure is 20.3%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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