UFOMYST
CaseFormation1997

Portland, OR, USA

Two bright lights appeared over the neighbors house and seem to go back and forth, stand still and pulsated at the same time. They loo

Report quality: Moderate51/100

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  • Duration parsed: 18000s (an atypical range)
  • Detailed witness text (134 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-11-14
Where
Portland, OR, USA
Shape
Formation
Duration
5 hours
Geo
45.523, -122.676 · exact
Slug
formation-over-portland-or-1997-493425
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…

    Open wave →

In context

  • One of 557 documented reports from Portland, OR in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Oregon logged 37 sightings in 1997.
  • Formation sightings ran at 2.7% during the 1990s (archive average: 3.3%).

Report

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