CaseOval2008

Great Bend, PA, USA

the object that i saw in the sky, that was the size of a blimp at one mile,(and this was at least 6 miles away) disapeared in 2 seconds

Report quality: Moderate51/100

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  • Duration parsed: 3s (an atypical range)
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2008-08-23
Where
Great Bend, PA, USA
Shape
Oval
Duration
3sec
Geo
41.972, -75.743 · exact
Slug
oval-over-great-bend-pa-2008-9a7bd4
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 1 reports logged in Great Bend, PA.
  • This case is one of 193 Pennsylvania reports filed in 2008.
  • Oval craft made up 4.7% of 2000s reports, vs 4.3% across the whole archive.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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