CaseFireball1997

Albuquerque, NM, USA

there was a red light over the petroglyph national park it went up from the ground then changed to yellow orange color then span really

Report quality: Moderate59/100

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
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • 1 other report from the same city within 3 days
When
1997-11-23
Where
Albuquerque, NM, USA
Shape
Fireball
Duration
Geo
35.084, -106.651 · exact
Slug
fireball-over-albuquerque-nm-1997-56203d
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

  • This is one of 377 reports logged in Albuquerque, NM.
  • This case is one of 24 New Mexico reports filed in 1997.
  • Fireball craft made up 6.8% of 1990s reports, vs 6.9% across the whole archive.

Report

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