UFOMYST
CaseFormation1997

Burlington, WA, USA

2 groups of 10 to 15 burning objects going from W by Nw sky towards E by NE sky moving much slower than a shooting star; moving at a co

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: 25s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-11-14
Where
Burlington, WA, USA
Shape
Formation
Duration
20-30 seconds
Geo
48.476, -122.325 · exact
Slug
formation-over-burlington-wa-1997-1aff60
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

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In context

  • This is one of 11 reports logged in Burlington, WA.
  • This case is one of 89 Washington reports filed in 1997.
  • Formation craft made up 2.7% of 1990s reports, vs 3.3% across the whole archive.

Report

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