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Active leadUseful case file with unresolved ambiguity and room for more corroboration.

May 17/18 2021 - Please help!

LightSighting reportMay 17, 2026, 11:00 PMWashington state, USA

Witnesses

Unknown

Duration

Unknown

Source material

2

Timeline

2

Source context

Limited context

41

Interesting, but still missing stronger corroboration or harder source material.

Source provenance

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Live sighting record 65be7603-eecc-4a6f-b2c2-c17d22095fee.

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Correlations

Field Intelligence

Sunlight window

Daytime — sun above horizon

Sighting occurred during daylight hours

Solar window

Sunrise5:23 AM
Sunset8:33 PM
Day length15h 10m

Weather

Open-Meteo
ConditionsPartly cloudy
Temperature60°F
Cloud cover53% · Mostly cloudy
Wind7 mph

Area activity

Within 2 daysNo sightings within 60 mi

Extracted details

Observed facts

Occurred

May 17, 2026, 11:00 PM

Timezone

Pacific Time

Location

Washington state, USA

Witness account

Narrative

I've started to write this many times but I don't even know how to put it all into words. Update to say: I live in Washington state, USA Just a week and a half ago I saw a huge green "fireball" flying southeast at dusk before it was even dark. I'm an avid perseids meteor shower fan and sleep outside every August to watch shooting stars so I knew this was definitely NOT a regular shooting star. The next morning I figured there would be some kind of post about it so I searched and couldn't find...

Case progression

Timeline

Encounter windowMay 17, 2026, 11:00 PM

Witnesses place the encounter near Washington state, USA.

PublishedMay 22, 2026, 3:40 AM

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telemetry

Environmental pass

Historical atmosphere, astronomy, and nearby infrastructure were resolved for this case.