UFOMYST
CaseLight1997

Reno, NV, USA

Bright red light over Reno, NV

Report quality: Moderate66/100

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: 300s, a plausible sighting length
  • Brief witness text (30 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
5 Minutes
Geo
39.530, -119.814 · exact
Slug
light-over-reno-nv-1997-480095
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

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Local cluster

Local cluster

4 reports came out of Reno, NV in December 1997 alone — a local cluster.

In context

  • Reno, NV has 189 sightings on file here.
  • 1997 brought 29 reports from Nevada.
  • The 1990s skewed 16.2% light reports; the archive-wide figure is 20.3%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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