UFOMYST
CaseUnknown2008

Rathdrum, ID, USA

At approximately 2:30 on September 21, 2008 I heard a buzzing sound that appeared to be coming from my roof. I stepped onto the porch a

Report quality: Moderate65/100

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: 2400s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • 1 other report from the same city within 3 days
When
2008-09-21
Where
Rathdrum, ID, USA
Shape
Unknown
Duration
40 minutes
Geo
47.812, -116.897 · exact
Slug
unknown-over-rathdrum-id-2008-6ed031
Wave

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  • 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…

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In context

  • This is one of 12 reports logged in Rathdrum, ID.
  • This case is one of 26 Idaho reports filed in 2008.

Report

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