UFOMYST
CaseLight1997

Sandy, UT, USA

A bright light spotted over the Great Salt Lake.

Report quality: Moderate42/100

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
  • Brief witness text (48 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-10-13
Where
Sandy, UT, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
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Geo
40.592, -111.884 · exact
Slug
light-over-sandy-ut-1997-c91c01
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…

    Open wave →

In context

  • This is one of 48 reports logged in Sandy, UT.
  • This case is one of 23 Utah reports filed in 1997.
  • Light craft made up 16.2% of 1990s reports, vs 20.3% across the whole archive.

Report

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