CaseLight1997

Randle (near), WA, USA

Large bright object moving horizontal in the evening sky, very low, made no noise.

Report quality: Moderate51/100

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: 45s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (82 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-04-05
Where
Randle (near), WA, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
45 Seconds
Geo
46.535, -121.957 · exact
Slug
light-over-randle-near-wa-1997-a46e83
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

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In context

  • Randle (near), WA has 1 sightings on file here.
  • 1997 brought 89 reports from Washington.
  • The 1990s skewed 16.2% light reports; the archive-wide figure is 20.3%.

Report

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