CaseTeardrop2013

New York City (Bronx), NY, USA

Flew from left to right then stood still moved slightly left them flew to the right at of view . An electric blue bottom and pinkish re

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 120s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2013-10-04
Where
New York City (Bronx), NY, USA
Shape
Teardrop
Duration
2 minutes
Geo
40.714, -74.006 · exact
Slug
teardrop-over-new-york-city-bronx-ny-2013-267ff0
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

  • New York City (Bronx), NY has 100 sightings on file here.
  • 2013 brought 259 reports from New York.
  • The 2010s skewed 0.8% teardrop reports; the archive-wide figure is 0.9%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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