UFOMYST
CaseLight1997

Phoenix, AZ, USA

A freind called saying they are seeing lights over their backyard some as big as a grapefruit when an extended arm is held out. This

Report quality: Moderate67/100

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 (132 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • 2 other reports from the same city within 3 days
When
1997-07-06
Where
Phoenix, AZ, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
?
Geo
33.448, -112.074 · exact
Slug
light-over-phoenix-az-1997-c849d2
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

    The Phoenix Lights

    Arizona, USA (Phoenix–Prescott–Tucson corridor)

    The largest mass sighting in modern U.S. history — actually two events: an enormous silent V of lights (many insisted one solid craft blotting out stars) crossing the state around 8pm, and a string of stationary lights…

    Open wave →
Local cluster

Local cluster

This sighting is part of a small burst — 5 Phoenix, AZ reports filed in July 1997.

In context

  • Phoenix, AZ shows up 741 times across the archive.
  • 145 reports came from Arizona 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

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