CaseTriangle2017

Chandler, AZ, USA

We saw 2 lights that seemed to be a helicopter but we didn't hear any noise. There was no flashing wing or tail light. Just an orangish

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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: 300s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2017-10-07
Where
Chandler, AZ, USA
Shape
Triangle
Duration
5 minutes
Geo
33.306, -111.841 · exact
Slug
triangle-over-chandler-az-2017-10d43a
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

  • Chandler, AZ has 147 sightings on file here.
  • 2017 brought 208 reports from Arizona.
  • The 2010s skewed 8.4% triangle reports; the archive-wide figure is 9%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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