 Case Directory Category 1, Distant Encounters |
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| A Hynek
Classification of Distant Encounter is usually
an incident involving an object more than 500
feet from the witness. At night it is
classified as a "nocturnal light" (NL) and
during the day as a "daylight disc" (DD). The
size of the object or the viewing conditions
may render the object in greater detail but
yet not qualify the sighting as a Close
Encounter which is an object within
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Zig-Zagging
Object In Polar Orbit? / MADAR Triggered
May 11, 2018
Marysville, Washington
May 11, 2018
Marysville, Washington
| Jim Klotz: May 11, 2018; Marysville, Washington 21:58. A maneuvering white point of light was seen by witness going from S/SW to N/NE beginning at 11:21:58 pm and lasting 3 minutes with astronomical twilight occurring at 10:59 PM PDT. It appeared somewhat similar to a satellite after twilight except for the maneuvering (snakelike anomalistic motion) and intermittent loss of lighting. A magnetic anomaly has occurred on node: 100 Mag: 138.16, Compass: 234.1, Pressure:29.70, Time: 2018-05-12, 04-59-27 GMT (09:59 pm local) UTC conversion shows the date as 2018-05-11. Fran Ridge: The compass deviation was also significant, 6 degrees. The ground-track distance between the MADAR site at Mountlake Terrace and Marysville is about 21 miles. The distance to the object which could have been orbital was much more than 21 miles, however more line-of-sight which could have affected the instrument at Mountlake Terrace. The anomaly was documented at 9:59 local time and the sight was originally documented at 21:58 or 9:58 local. Detailed reports and documents
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