UFOMYST
CaseLight1997

Petaluma, CA, USA

The object, which was about 30 degrees above the horizon and towards the south, moved. It shot from its stationary position at a speed

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: 180s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (134 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-06-17
Where
Petaluma, CA, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
3 minutes
Geo
38.232, -122.637 · exact
Slug
light-over-petaluma-ca-1997-9c5930
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

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In context

  • This is one of 43 reports logged in Petaluma, CA.
  • This case is one of 152 California 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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