CaseDisk1997

Brooklyn, CT, USA

Flat, round object heading rapidly SE horizontally.I was on my way home from work on roads I've travelled at this time of day for t

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: 2s (an atypical range)
  • Detailed witness text (131 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-01-08
Where
Brooklyn, CT, USA
Shape
Disk
Duration
2 seconds
Geo
41.788, -71.950 · exact
Slug
disk-over-brooklyn-ct-1997-71ac4f
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

  • Brooklyn, CT has 3 sightings on file here.
  • 1997 brought 12 reports from Connecticut.
  • The 1990s skewed 7.1% disk reports; the archive-wide figure is 5.9%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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