2013-07-04
4 people, 4 different places
Strangers who were not talking to each other described a triangle shape within hours of each other, mostly in night.
What was also happening that night
- Venus was 54 degrees above the horizon at magnitude -3.8, bright enough to be mistaken for something else (computed)
- This was Independence Day, when fireworks and 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 2013-07-04 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-2013-07-04-42-88 · 4 accounts across 4 places · wording independence 0.829 · coherence 3.257 · sources nuforc:4
Wording independence near 1.0 means people described it in their own words rather than repeating each other.
Know someone this happened to?
If somebody you know was in the area that night, or has told you a story that sounds like this one, this is the page to send them. They may be the next account on it.
Nothing is tracked back to you and nothing is sent on your behalf. The link is just the page you are reading.