UFOMYST
CaseLight1997

Oakville, MO, USA

BRIGHT OBJECT OVER HEAD MOVING WEST . GREENISH COLOR MOVING SLOW AND THEN TAKES OFF FAST WITH A LONG TAIL. THEN DISSAPPEARED MOVING

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: 10s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (131 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-07-04
Where
Oakville, MO, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
10 seconds
Geo
38.470, -90.305 · exact
Slug
light-over-oakville-mo-1997-060de9
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

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In context

  • This is one of 4 reports logged in Oakville, MO.
  • This case is one of 59 Missouri 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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