UFOMYST
CaseLight1997

St. Thomas, (U. S. Virgin Islands), VI, U. S. Virgin Islands

Was staring at a very clear night sky over the Caribbean when overhead I saw what appeared to be a satellite (I see them very often).

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 (133 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-10-25
Where
St. Thomas, (U. S. Virgin Islands), VI, U. S. Virgin Islands
Shape
Light
Duration
5-8 SECDS
Geo
18.342, -64.931 · exact
Slug
light-over-st-thomas-u-s-virgin-islands-vi-1997-10927f
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

  • St. Thomas, (U. S. Virgin Islands), U. S. Virgin Islands shows up 4 times across the archive.
  • 1 reports came from U. S. Virgin Islands in 1997.
  • In the 1990s, 16.2% of reports described a light — the all-time rate is 20.3%.

Report

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