UFOMYST
Caselight1997

Austin/Eureka (between, Hwy. 50), NV, USA

I was driving west on hyw 50 and saw 6 bright lights 3 on a ship, and then they were gone!

Report quality: Moderate51/100

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: 35s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (90 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-10-15
Where
Austin/Eureka (between, Hwy. 50), NV, USA
Shape
light
Duration
35 seconds
Geo
39.493, -117.070 · exact
Slug
light-over-austin-eureka-between-hwy-50-nv-1997-788069
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

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    Open wave →

In context

  • This is one of 1 reports logged in Austin/Eureka (between, Hwy. 50), NV.
  • This case is one of 29 Nevada reports filed in 1997.
  • Light craft made up 16.2% of 1990s reports, vs 20.3% across the whole archive.

Report

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