UFOMYST
CaseChevron1977

Whittier, CA, USA

Very large metallic object hovering over 605 freeway

Report quality: Moderate48/100

This score reflects report-quality signals on file — how complete, corroborated, and precisely located the report is — not a claim about whether the sighting was a real craft.

  • Duration parsed: 600s, a plausible sighting length
  • Brief witness text (52 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1977-08-01
Where
Whittier, CA, USA
Shape
Chevron
Duration
10 min.
Geo
33.979, -118.033 · exact
Slug
chevron-over-whittier-ca-1977-ace105
Wave

Part of a wave

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In context

  • This is one of 62 reports logged in Whittier, CA.
  • This case is one of 44 California reports filed in 1977.
  • Chevron craft made up 1.1% of 1970s reports, vs 1.1% across the whole archive.

Report

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