CaseCircle1997

Plattsmouth, NE, USA

((HOAX??)) White lights spinning in a circle

Report quality: Low12/100

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.

  • No parseable duration on file
  • Brief witness text (33 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
  • Summary contains a HOAX marker
When
1997-11-21
Where
Plattsmouth, NE, USA
Shape
Circle
Duration
Geo
41.011, -95.882 · exact
Slug
circle-over-plattsmouth-ne-1997-06275c
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

    The Phoenix Lights

    Arizona, USA (Phoenix–Prescott–Tucson corridor)

    The largest mass sighting in modern U.S. history — actually two events: an enormous silent V of lights (many insisted one solid craft blotting out stars) crossing the state around 8pm, and a string of stationary lights…

In context

  • Plattsmouth, NE has 4 sightings on file here.
  • 1997 brought 8 reports from Nebraska.
  • The 1990s skewed 6.7% circle reports; the archive-wide figure is 10.6%.

Report

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