Caselight1997

Sacramento, CA, USA

I was driving when i saw lights flashing on and off. The lights were very fast, faster than a plain. When the object flew over my head

Report quality: Moderate49/100

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
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-10-28
Where
Sacramento, CA, USA
Shape
light
Duration
5 mintues
Geo
38.582, -121.494 · exact
Slug
light-over-sacramento-ca-1997-574640
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…

In context

  • Sacramento, CA shows up 304 times across the archive.
  • 152 reports came from California in 1997.
  • In the 1990s, 16.2% of reports described a light — the all-time rate is 20.3%.

Report

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