CaseCircle1997

Mt. Vernon, WA, USA

I witnesed 25to30 bright objects streaming across the sky from the west comeing together right over head fluttering of to the East.

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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: 45s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (131 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-11-14
Where
Mt. Vernon, WA, USA
Shape
Circle
Duration
45 seconds
Geo
48.421, -122.334 · exact
Slug
circle-over-mt-vernon-wa-1997-6ff267
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

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In context

  • This is one of 8 reports logged in Mt. Vernon, WA.
  • This case is one of 89 Washington reports filed in 1997.
  • Circle craft made up 6.7% of 1990s reports, vs 10.6% across the whole archive.

Report

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