UFOMYST
CaseLight1997

Buckeye, AZ, USA

bright blue light going east to west went from horizon to horizon in less than 2 min at estimated alt of 35,000 feet indicating very gr

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: 120s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-08-08
Where
Buckeye, AZ, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
2 min
Geo
33.370, -112.584 · exact
Slug
light-over-buckeye-az-1997-73c0ed
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…

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In context

  • One of 57 documented reports from Buckeye, AZ in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Arizona logged 145 sightings in 1997.
  • Light sightings ran at 16.2% during the 1990s (archive average: 20.3%).

Report

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