CaseOther2020

West Hempstead, NY, USA

We looked up in the sky and there was a square object flying above us, very slow and made no sound. Each point had a light and it was t

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 180s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2020-12-12
Where
West Hempstead, NY, USA
Shape
Other
Duration
3 minutes
Geo
40.705, -73.650 · exact
Slug
other-over-west-hempstead-ny-2020-ed41ca
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

  • One of 3 documented reports from West Hempstead, NY in the UFOMYST archive.
  • New York logged 292 sightings in 2020.
  • Other sightings ran at 6.1% during the 2020s (archive average: 6.9%).

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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