B-1-size triangle near Arkansas Nuclear One power lines
On 20 April 2009 a nurse driving near Dardanelle and Mount Nebo, Arkansas, by the Arkansas Nuclear One power lines, saw a dark triangle the size of a B-1 bomber with rotating metallic-blue lights come within about 100 feet. Her car vibrated, the dash and headlights dimmed, and her charged phone died; investigators found the "battery's internal fuse was blown... usually the result of a high voltage insult". After a camera-like flash it was gone, and she was hoarse and ill afterwards. The MUFON investigators working for BAASS concluded "this was a real event", "definitely unknown and does not appear to be a military craft".
How plausible · High
A single nurse's close triangle sighting near a nuclear plant is backed by a blown phone-battery fuse and car electrical effects, and the investigators called it a real event.
- ●●Access Within about 100 ft.
- ●●No gain sought Name withheld; nothing sold.
- ●●Checkable details check out D170 and D171 are released.
- ●●Fits the documented skeleton Triangle near nuclear power lines with EM effects fits a strong pattern.
- ●○Cost of speaking Reported, became ill.
- ●○Consistent over time Effects fit the account.
- −Lone source, no corroboration One witness.
Plausibility weighs how well an account fits where secrecy hides the documents by design, so missing records never count against it. Strength measures what is documented. Assessed 2026-10-24.
On the record
- MUFON case 16644 in BAASS April 2009 report (D170), repeated in June 2009 (D171).AAWSAP / AATIP
- Car vibration, dimming lights, dead phone with a blown internal fuse.
- Witness hoarse and ill afterward.
- Investigators: "a real event", "definitely unknown".