UFOMYST
CaseOval1997

Phoenix (far west), AZ, USA

it was a bright light which moved kind of fast, it was making a humming sound which hummed for a couple of seconds then it was silenced

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: 300s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-04-03
Where
Phoenix (far west), AZ, USA
Shape
Oval
Duration
5min
Geo
33.448, -112.074 · exact
Slug
oval-over-phoenix-far-west-az-1997-a86711
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

  • Phoenix (far west), AZ has 1 sightings on file here.
  • 1997 brought 145 reports from Arizona.
  • The 1990s skewed 3.6% oval reports; the archive-wide figure is 4.3%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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