UFOMYST
CaseOval1997

Acton (approx.), CA, USA

Oblong, orange light in sky traveling at slow speed. White beam of light came down from orange light, then went back up into orange li

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: 22s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (134 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-08-15
Where
Acton (approx.), CA, USA
Shape
Oval
Duration
20-25 seconds
Geo
34.470, -118.197 · exact
Slug
oval-over-acton-approx-ca-1997-c5314b
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

  • Acton (approx.), CA has 1 sightings on file here.
  • 1997 brought 152 reports from California.
  • The 1990s skewed 3.6% oval reports; the archive-wide figure is 4.3%.

Report

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