CaseLight1989

Sparta, TN, USA

very fast in a straight line like no airplane I ever saw.

Report quality: Moderate42/100

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.

  • No parseable duration on file
  • Brief witness text (57 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1989-06-25
Where
Sparta, TN, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
Geo
35.926, -85.464 · exact
Slug
light-over-sparta-tn-1989-7bb6fd
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1989–1991

    The Belgian Triangle Wave

    Belgium (Eupen, Wallonia, Brussels corridor)

    The definitive black-triangle wave: silent, slow platforms with three corner lights, reported by gendarmes, air-traffic controllers, and thousands of citizens. On the night of March 30-31, 1990, Belgian F-16s scrambled…

In context

  • This is one of 5 reports logged in Sparta, TN.
  • This case is one of 6 Tennessee reports filed in 1989.
  • Light craft made up 11% of 1980s reports, vs 20.3% across the whole archive.

Report

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