UFOMYST
CaseLight1997

Elmwood, IL, USA

Unusual object descended from clouds. Not a firework, never came up from the ground.

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: 10s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (84 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-07-04
Where
Elmwood, IL, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
<10 seconds
Geo
40.778, -89.966 · exact
Slug
light-over-elmwood-il-1997-e2a48b
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

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In context

  • This is one of 2 reports logged in Elmwood, IL.
  • This case is one of 55 Illinois reports filed in 1997.
  • Light craft made up 16.2% of 1990s reports, vs 20.3% across the whole archive.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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