2010-01-01
3 people, 3 different places
Strangers who were not talking to each other described red lights, hooded, a triangle shape within hours of each other, mostly in night.
What was also happening that night
- A magnitude 3.24 earthquake was recorded 11km N of Delta, B.C., MX at 2010-01-01 02:33 UTC. (USGS)
- A full moon (98% lit) that night (computed)
- This was New Year, when sky lanterns are common. (calendar)
Were you there?
Both answers are useful, and the second one more than people think. If you were outside on 2010-01-01 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-2010-01-01-33-117 · 3 accounts across 3 places · wording independence 0.871 · coherence 4.331 · sources nuforc:3
Wording independence near 1.0 means people described it in their own words rather than repeating each other.