CaseLight1997
Belleville, IL, USA
WHILE WATCHING MOVIE AT DRIVE-IN THEATER, THE ENTIRE AREA LIT UP FOR SEVERAL SECONDS WITH A BLUE-GREEN LIGHT.
Report quality: Moderate47/100
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- Duration parsed: 4s (an atypical range)
- Moderate witness text (109 characters)
- Location geocoded exactly
- No other reports from this city within 3 days
- When
- 1997-07-04
- Where
- Belleville, IL, USA
- Shape
- Light
- Duration
- 3-5 seconds
- Geo
- 38.520, -89.984 · exact
- Slug
- light-over-belleville-il-1997-6420b3
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In context
- Belleville, IL has 18 sightings on file here.
- 1997 brought 55 reports from Illinois.
- The 1990s skewed 16.2% light reports; the archive-wide figure is 20.3%.
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