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CaseOval2011

Chico, CA, USA

On April 15th, 2011, I was taking pictures of the sunset just right outside the city of Chico in California around the time of 18:30 I

Report quality: Moderate49/100

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  • No parseable duration on file
  • Detailed witness text (134 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2011-04-15
Where
Chico, CA, USA
Shape
Oval
Duration
Na
Geo
39.728, -121.837 · exact
Slug
oval-over-chico-ca-2011-0937a3
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…

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In context

  • Chico, CA shows up 62 times across the archive.
  • 624 reports came from California in 2011.
  • In the 2010s, 4.1% of reports described a oval — the all-time rate is 4.3%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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