UFOMYST
CaseRectangle2012

Seattle, WA, USA

Low flying aircraft with red and green lights over Green Lake area in Seattle. ((NUFORC Note: Aircraft? 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: 60s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (78 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
2012-09-24
Where
Seattle, WA, USA
Shape
Rectangle
Duration
1 minute
Geo
47.606, -122.332 · exact
Slug
rectangle-over-seattle-wa-2012-6de4e7
Wave

Part of a wave

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    U.S. training ranges (Pacific off San Diego; Atlantic off Virginia), then worldwide reporting

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Local cluster

Local cluster

September 2012 was a busy month for Seattle, WA: 4 separate reports.

In context

  • This is one of 713 reports logged in Seattle, WA.
  • This case is one of 427 Washington reports filed in 2012.
  • Rectangle craft made up 1.7% of 2010s reports, vs 1.7% across the whole archive.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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