UFOMYST
CaseCircle1997

Madison Heights, MI, USA

Large round craft in Madison Heights near 11&I-75 and similar craft over 1-75 in hazel park/ferndale area.

Report quality: Moderate51/100

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: 1350s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (106 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-07-04
Where
Madison Heights, MI, USA
Shape
Circle
Duration
15-30 minutes
Geo
42.486, -83.105 · exact
Slug
circle-over-madison-heights-mi-1997-c0a75e
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

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In context

  • Madison Heights, MI shows up 10 times across the archive.
  • 46 reports came from Michigan in 1997.
  • In the 1990s, 6.7% of reports described a circle — the all-time rate is 10.6%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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