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CaseLight1997

Reno, NV, USA

I was driving home on the freeway going north and i looked out the drivers side window and i saw a bright red light over down town Reno

Report quality: High73/100

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: 1800s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 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
30 min.
Geo
39.530, -119.814 · exact
Slug
light-over-reno-nv-1997-ba8a96
Wave

Part of a wave

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Local cluster

Local cluster

December 1997 was a busy month for Reno, NV: 4 separate reports.

In context

  • This is one of 189 reports logged in Reno, NV.
  • This case is one of 29 Nevada 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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