UFOMYST
CaseLight1997

Gerald, MO, USA

A brite blue light appeared out of nowhere. And shot across the sky.

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: 8s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (68 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-07-04
Where
Gerald, MO, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
5-10 seconds
Geo
38.400, -91.331 · exact
Slug
light-over-gerald-mo-1997-b55fed
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

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In context

  • Gerald, MO shows up 1 times across the archive.
  • 59 reports came from Missouri in 1997.
  • In the 1990s, 16.2% of reports described a light — the all-time rate is 20.3%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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