The case record
What was reported?
Navy aviators reported repeated encounters with unusual objects during East Coast training after radar upgrades.
The dates are bounds supplied by the workbook; they do not establish the exact day of an event.
- Reported date
- 1 Jun 2014 – 31 Mar 2015
- Witnesses
- US Navy pilots · Multiple
- Investigation
- US Navy / DoD
Evidence in the record
Pilot testimony; radar claims
Competing explanations
Official and research context
No single public identification
Conventional explanations
Drones, balloons, radar artefacts and misidentifications proposed
Arguments that remain contested
Public evidence is incomplete for many individual encounters
Locations & timeline
Coordinates are representative. Area and route labels do not imply exact paths or object positions.
- Primary reference location
US Navy warning areas off the US East Coast
Virginia / Florida training areas
Reported event location · Approximate area radius: 150 km
36.500°, -74.500° · route · Medium
Record notes
Treat as recurring case family; individual encounters should become child records if expanded.
Imported starting record; individual claims and source links await editorial verification.
Original dataset status: Unresolved / mixed