UFOMYST
Caseflash1997

Kalamazoo, MI, USA

Immense red flash like a very bright red lightning flah. It lit up the whole sky, the ground and my truck. It traveled from the groun

Report quality: Moderate49/100

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  • No parseable duration on file
  • Detailed witness text (133 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-03-15
Where
Kalamazoo, MI, USA
Shape
flash
Duration
seconds
Geo
42.292, -85.587 · exact
Slug
flash-over-kalamazoo-mi-1997-9070fc
Wave

Part of a wave

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In context

  • One of 46 documented reports from Kalamazoo, MI in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Michigan logged 46 sightings in 1997.
  • Flash sightings ran at 1.3% during the 1990s (archive average: 1.7%).

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