UFOMYST
CaseLight1997

Reno, NV, USA

Stationary bright red light, simular to jupiter in brightness but red eventuily moved to the south of reno and dimed.and Flashed Three

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 (134 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • 3 other reports from the same city within 3 days
When
1997-12-09
Where
Reno, NV, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
18:10
Geo
39.530, -119.814 · exact
Slug
light-over-reno-nv-1997-323c1b
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

    The Phoenix Lights

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    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…

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Local cluster

Local cluster

Reno, NV logged 4 reports in the single month of December 1997.

In context

  • One of 189 documented reports from Reno, NV in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Nevada logged 29 sightings in 1997.
  • Light sightings ran at 16.2% during the 1990s (archive average: 20.3%).

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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