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  Category 3, E-M (Electro-Magnetic) Cases  
 
  Preliminary Rating: 5  
         
     
   Distant Sighting Prior To MADAR Anomaly
     Aug. 29, 2020    
   Payson, Illinois    

Fran Ridge:
Since the sighting occurred before the alert was recorded, it gives this case additional credibility as a MADAR/visual. Not surprising that the anomaly didn't pass the MSV test. In fact, at the apparent range it would have been very surprising to get an MSV with the onboard compass heading. However, this does not diminish the value of this MADAR/visual per se. Distant Encounter, MADAR/Visual.

Grant House:
Aug. 29, 2020; Payson, Illinois
6:30 pm local. My wife, Barbara and I were sitting in the backyard enjoying the sunset looking due west. Clear conditions, sun at the horizon, no haze, light N breeze. Just a few degrees South of the sun, which was sitting on the horizon and at about 30 degrees angle above the horizon, (about where the star Diadem would be - I checked that location on my star chart on my phone) we saw a dim "star" appear. It remained stationary throughout the entire sighting that lasted about 5 minutes (or so it seemed).  It slowly got brighter until it gleamed like the sun reflecting on a jetliner fuselage, brighter than any star.  And there were no other stars in the sky.  The moon was behind a cloud bank behind us and to the south.  The light dimmed slowly back to very faint, then it ramped up again to the metallic bright gleam for a few moments, and then faded slowly until it was barely visible.  I looked at the Star Chart to confirm the name of the star in that location as a way describe the light, and when I looked for the light again,it was nowhere to be seen and did not reappear.  It was a pleasant surprise to see we had an alert on my MADAR unit while this was going on.  I have the MADAR app on my phone but did not think to check it at the time.  At the time of this sighting the MADAR unit at my house recorded the following alert:  A magnetic anomaly has occurred on node: 97 Mag:186.00, Compass: 84.88, Pressure: 29.12, Time: 2020-8-29, 23:29:33 GMT"

Detailed reports and documents
97 alertStat 84.47 1.5 588.01 23 29.12 2020-08-29 23:29:41
97 alert 83.77 186 588.01 23 29.12 2020-08-29 23:29:40
97 alertEnd 84.2 1.5 588.01 23 29.12 2020-08-29 23:29:40
97 alert 85.98 186 588.01 23 29.12 2020-08-29 23:29:39
97 alert 82.19 186 588.01 23 29.12 2020-08-29 23:29:38
97 alert 85.73 186 588.01 23 29.12 2020-08-29 23:29:37
97 alertStart 84.88 186 588.01 23 29.12 2020-08-29 23:29:33

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