CaseUnknown2018

Akron, NY, USA

Awoke 5:35a.m.hearing noise/soft pattern lights outside,thru west-open window,like loud mass of insects- buzzing,and my 9yr.grandson go

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
2018-08-02
Where
Akron, NY, USA
Shape
Unknown
Duration
2 minutes
Geo
43.021, -78.495 · exact
Slug
unknown-over-akron-ny-2018-d456aa
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

  • Akron, NY shows up 3 times across the archive.
  • 115 reports came from New York in 2018.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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