CaseTeardrop2017

Walter Hill, TN, USA

Saw what appeared to be seven different objects phasing from left to right at a very rapid rate. There were white and red lights on the

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 180s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2017-12-15
Where
Walter Hill, TN, USA
Shape
Teardrop
Duration
3 minutes
Geo
35.950, -86.378 · exact
Slug
teardrop-over-walter-hill-tn-2017-008ea5
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

  • Walter Hill, TN has 1 sightings on file here.
  • 2017 brought 94 reports from Tennessee.
  • 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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