2005-04-12
4 people, 3 different places
Strangers who were not talking to each other described a triangle shape within hours of each other, mostly in afternoon.
What was also happening that afternoon
- A magnitude 3.21 earthquake was recorded 15 km WNW of Templeton, California at 2005-04-12 13:53 UTC. (USGS)
- Venus was 54 degrees above the horizon at magnitude -3.8, 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 2005-04-12 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-2005-04-12-34-118 · 4 accounts across 3 places · wording independence 0.75 · coherence 4.053 · sources nuforc:4
Wording independence near 1.0 means people described it in their own words rather than repeating each other.