CaseLight1998

Hinton, WV, USA

Two lights at extremely high altitude and speed, travelling parallel to each other, in an Westerly direction. They first appeared to b

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: 300s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (134 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1998-12-15
Where
Hinton, WV, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
5 minutes
Geo
37.674, -80.889 · exact
Slug
light-over-hinton-wv-1998-5ed4c9

In context

  • Hinton, WV has 3 sightings on file here.
  • 1998 brought 10 reports from West Virginia.
  • The 1990s skewed 16.2% light reports; the archive-wide figure is 20.3%.

Report

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