UFOMYST
CaseFormation1997

Carson, CA, USA

7 white lights in the form of an "L" traveled NW to SE seen from my backyard. Lights perfectly spaced apart, never changed formation.

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: 30s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (133 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-11-01
Where
Carson, CA, USA
Shape
Formation
Duration
30 Seconds
Geo
33.831, -118.282 · exact
Slug
formation-over-carson-ca-1997-3faa49
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

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In context

  • One of 14 documented reports from Carson, CA in the UFOMYST archive.
  • California logged 152 sightings in 1997.
  • Formation sightings ran at 2.7% during the 1990s (archive average: 3.3%).

Report

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