CaseLight2009

Ellington, CT, USA

Odd bright light in sky, with haze around it that seems to fade out. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))

Report quality: Low35/100

This score reflects report-quality signals on file — how complete, corroborated, and precisely located the report is — not a claim about whether the sighting was a real craft.

  • Duration parsed: 15s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (68 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
  • NUFORC attached a skeptical explanation note (e.g. Venus, satellite, meteor)
When
2009-09-19
Where
Ellington, CT, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
15 sec
Geo
41.904, -72.470 · exact
Slug
light-over-ellington-ct-2009-67601b
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

  • This is one of 13 reports logged in Ellington, CT.
  • This case is one of 69 Connecticut reports filed in 2009.
  • Light craft made up 21.4% of 2000s reports, vs 20.3% across the whole archive.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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