1996-03-01
4 people, 4 different places
Strangers who were not talking to each other described red lights, taking off impossibly fast within hours of each other, mostly in evening.
What was also happening that evening
- A magnitude 3 earthquake was recorded 4 km SE of Bucoda, Washington at 1996-03-01 18:26 UTC. (USGS)
- Venus was 51 degrees above the horizon at magnitude -4.1, bright enough to be mistaken for something else (computed)
Were you there?
Both answers are useful, and the second one more than people think. If you were outside on 1996-03-01 in that part of the world and saw nothing at all, say so. A record that only collects sightings can never be argued with.
What people wrote
The accounts behind this are short archive entries rather than full narratives. Why that happens
The numbers behind this cluster
E-1996-03-01-48-122 · 4 accounts across 4 places · wording independence 0.778 · coherence 3.776 · sources nuforc:4
Wording independence near 1.0 means people described it in their own words rather than repeating each other.