UFOMYST
CaseLight1997

Woodridge, IL, USA

BLUE/WHITE LIGHT APPEARED IN SKY,IT FLASHED INTENSELY THEN DIMMED AND ACCELERATED HORIZONTALLY,THEN SLOWED TO A STOP WHILE ITS LIGHT SO

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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: 60s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-08-17
Where
Woodridge, IL, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
app.1min.
Geo
41.747, -88.050 · exact
Slug
light-over-woodridge-il-1997-a2ee59
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

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In context

  • This is one of 10 reports logged in Woodridge, IL.
  • This case is one of 55 Illinois 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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