UFOMYST
CaseLight1991

Penn Yan, NY, USA

Driving at night on a country road. Thought I saw a falling star. Then it stopped, hovered, and then sped forward at an extreme speed

Report quality: Moderate49/100

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.

  • No parseable duration on file
  • Detailed witness text (133 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1991-09-20
Where
Penn Yan, NY, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
Seconds
Geo
42.661, -77.054 · exact
Slug
light-over-penn-yan-ny-1991-ae4d55
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1989–1991

    The Belgian Triangle Wave

    Belgium (Eupen, Wallonia, Brussels corridor)

    The definitive black-triangle wave: silent, slow platforms with three corner lights, reported by gendarmes, air-traffic controllers, and thousands of citizens. On the night of March 30-31, 1990, Belgian F-16s scrambled…

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In context

  • This is one of 5 reports logged in Penn Yan, NY.
  • This case is one of 21 New York reports filed in 1991.
  • Light craft made up 16.2% of 1990s reports, vs 20.3% across the whole archive.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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