UFOMYST
CaseOval1997

Portland, OR, USA

I sighted a rather large silver object,Oblong but not rounded it was visible for 5 sec.then gone in a blink.

Report quality: Moderate47/100

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: 4s (an atypical range)
  • Moderate witness text (108 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-05-17
Where
Portland, OR, USA
Shape
Oval
Duration
4 seconds
Geo
45.523, -122.676 · exact
Slug
oval-over-portland-or-1997-a2ec33
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

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In context

  • This is one of 557 reports logged in Portland, OR.
  • This case is one of 37 Oregon reports filed in 1997.
  • Oval craft made up 3.6% of 1990s reports, vs 4.3% across the whole archive.

Report

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