CaseTriangle2016

Radford, VA, USA

Black triangle, small (maybe 4-6 feet to a side,possibly smaller), lights on the corner, flying NE along I-81.Seen from the south bound

Report quality: Moderate49/100

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  • No parseable duration on file
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2016-02-10
Where
Radford, VA, USA
Shape
Triangle
Duration
Minutes
Geo
37.132, -80.576 · exact
Slug
triangle-over-radford-va-2016-694bff
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

  • Radford, VA has 5 sightings on file here.
  • 2016 brought 120 reports from Virginia.
  • The 2010s skewed 8.4% triangle reports; the archive-wide figure is 9%.

Report

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