INITIAL INFORMATION  WORKSHEET
DATE OF THIS INQUIRY:        
 13 Jan 2020                                                                                                                                                                 
SOURCE:
   MATCH Team Ridge, NUFORC
SUBJECT:
   PSOI, Sandy Springs, GA
SIGHTING DATE:
   19 Nov 2019
CMS NO.                                                            
This worksheet is designed to assess the possibility of a correlation with a qualifying potential sighting of interest and a credited MADAR anomaly and involves working with the known sighting date and time in UTC and the immediate state, or sometimes the adjoining state. If that protocol is met, the sighting and node locations will be taken into consideration.

1. INITIAL SOURCE:

During a delayed check for PSOI in November of 2019, on 13 Jan 2020 the following potential correlation was found on the NUFORC printout.
11/19/19 05:11 Sandy Springs GA Light 2mns Driving south on GA400 approximately 1 mile north of the Sandy Springs/Abernathy road exit (5). Time was 5:11 am. Temp was 45 degrees F 12/1/19
11/19/19 04:34 Marietta GA

MADAR Node 90

See Item 2 below for details.

2. NUFORC DATA CHECK:

November 19, 2019; Sandy Springs, GA
05:11 am. Driving south on GA400 approximately 1 mile north of the Sandy Springs/Abernathy road exit (5). Temp was 45 degrees Fahrenheit. Driving in the left lane, it was quite dark at that time. The sun wasn't anywhere near coming up that early this late in the year. I noticed a small orange light break the west treeline. Th light quickly maneuvered in a zig zag line as it rose into the sky and the moved over the southbound lanes of GA400 and then just hovered, about 100' off the ground, until I drove under it. At first, I thought it was a helicopter, not uncommon as ATL traffic gets underway. But as I got closer, I realized it most definitely was not a helicopter. It was a dirty/burnt orange light. Bright enough to see from a distance but not as bright as say a parking lot light. Not sure if it made any sound as I was driving in the left lane with the windows up. Could have been a drone, but odd to see a drone that early in the morning, over GA400 and in those temperatures...I drive that way every day, at the same time. Been doing it for 11 years and that is the 1st time I have ever seen anything like that. (NUFORC)

3. MADAR CHECK:

Checking the MADAR database log for the date in question after converting the UTC to local, 20191119 09:34:03 = 4:34 a.m.local, data shows field readings (col 4) right at the threshold, therefore triggering node 90, with readings substantially lower during ambient time periods prior to and after the anomaly. However, there were no qualifying compass heading changes exceeding 3 degrees (+ or -) for MSV (multi sensor verification).

90 alertStat 215.18 1.5 795.3 30 28.78 2019-11-19 09:24:10
90 alert 216.09 1.5 795.3 30 28.78 2019-11-19 09:24:09
90 alertEnd 213.85 1.5 795.3 30 28.78 2019-11-19 09:24:09
90 alert 216.12 30 795.3 30 28.78 2019-11-19 09:24:08
90 alert 215.4 30 795.3 30 28.78 2019-11-19 09:24:07
90 alert 214.58 30 795.3 30 28.78 2019-11-19 09:24:06
90 alertStart 215.95 30 795.3 30 28.78 2019-11-19 09:24:01
90 status 214.68 3.75 795.3 30 28.78 2019-11-19 09:23:45

A check of the MADAR data for period of the sighting, 5:11 AM converted to UTC= 20191119 10:11 fails to show any MSV data either. The data during the alert and the data during the sighting were compared to see if the field readings or compass headings were within MSV guidelines. The only thing that showed up was a significant change in compass heading (3 degree-plus change) to 216.51 degrees at 9:27:08 three minutes after the reported sighting time of 9:34 pm. It is possible that sighting time could be off a min or two but the data is documented in CUT. This is therefore considered significant and a very close to a correlation, especially since the sighting location and the MADAR node are less than 17 miles apart.

Map of Georgia at time of event showing 4 madar sites.

 4. MUFON CMS CHECK:

As an additional check for other potential sightings of interest we looked at the MUFON CMS database. No UFO sightings were listed for period one day prior nor one day after 18 Nov 2019. However, that afternoon a military jet appeared to be looking for something or in pursuit east of Nashville, Georgia.

2019-1119; Nashville, Georgia
2:00 p.m. "Approx. 25 k in alt due east of Nashville Ga. hard banking as it was looking for something or visually looking for something. Maybe in pursuit of something I could not see. def. a acft def military acft. turned for due east to due south before in a hard left bank."

Nashville, Georgia, is 200 miles further south of the bulk of the MADAR sites in Georgia and the sighting location at Sandy Springs, but the military activity is suspicious.

MUFON Case Management System - SEARCH

The search result is limited to max 50 returned Sighting Reports
Cases Found = 2
  Date Submitted Date/Time
of Event		 Short Description Location of Event Long Description Attachments
1 2019-11-20 2019-11-19
2:00PM		 {rjl} military aircraft Nashville, GA, US
2 2019-11-19 2019-11-19
12:18PM		 {rjl} refected light Nashville, GA, US


 

5. SIGHTING SEARCH TOOL:

Not available at time of query, but later a search documents one anomaly at node 90.

6. PROXIMITY:

Map from Sandy Springs, Georgia to Marietta, Georgia
7. COMMENTS:

As indicated from our initial search that showed a sighting within 16 miles and 37 minutes, there was evidence of some strange goings-on further south in the state of Georgia. But even more important, an object that "maneuvered in a zig zag line" (anomalistic motion) as it rose into the sky and moved over the southbound lanes of GA400 and then just hovered, about 100' off the ground, until the witness drove under it, qualifies as a close encounter. Using the Hynek escalation of hypothesis, the witness first thought it was a helicopter, not uncommon as ATL traffic gets underway. But as he got closer, he realized it most definitely was not a helicopter.

At first, the MADAR data failed to provide a MSV (multi-sensor verification) for the documented anomaly itself, but when the data from the spreadsheet for node 90 was checked for the sighting time (rather than for the time of the anomaly) a significant compass heading change of over 3 degrees was discovered during the one-per-minute data lines. The value of this correlation is pending.

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