UFOMYST
CaseLight1997

Arcadia (outskirts of), FL, USA

Me and my friend were traveling down I-75 towards Arcadia, Fl. when we saw a very bright pulsating white light hovering in a clearing,

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: 180s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (134 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-05-23
Where
Arcadia (outskirts of), FL, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
3 minutes
Geo
27.216, -81.858 · exact
Slug
light-over-arcadia-outskirts-of-fl-1997-02e6a5
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

    The Phoenix Lights

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    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

  • Arcadia (outskirts of), FL has 1 sightings on file here.
  • 1997 brought 51 reports from Florida.
  • The 1990s skewed 16.2% light reports; the archive-wide figure is 20.3%.

Report

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