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CaseSphere2014

Chesapeake, VA, USA

At bus stop and looked up at plane. To the left of it appeared to be an orb. The orb was a lot faster and more agile than any plane t

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 8s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (133 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2014-10-17
Where
Chesapeake, VA, USA
Shape
Sphere
Duration
8 seconds
Geo
36.819, -76.275 · exact
Slug
sphere-over-chesapeake-va-2014-6e1863
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

  • Chesapeake, VA has 60 sightings on file here.
  • 2014 brought 184 reports from Virginia.
  • The 2010s skewed 7.1% sphere reports; the archive-wide figure is 6.5%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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