CaseTriangle2014

Patterson, NY, USA

Driving down 311 into Patterson from 22 and I see 3 bright lights that were clearly above the trees on the horizon. As we approached, w

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • 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
2014-12-06
Where
Patterson, NY, USA
Shape
Triangle
Duration
5 minutes
Geo
41.514, -73.606 · exact
Slug
triangle-over-patterson-ny-2014-43d7ac
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

  • One of 2 documented reports from Patterson, NY in the UFOMYST archive.
  • New York logged 332 sightings in 2014.
  • Triangle sightings ran at 8.4% during the 2010s (archive average: 9%).

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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