UFOMYST
CaseOval1997

West Dennis (Cape Cod), MA, USA

Three "oval-shaped" objects, in formation: one in front, one directly behind, one "above" and behind the second one. All three appeard

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 (134 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-08-31
Where
West Dennis (Cape Cod), MA, USA
Shape
Oval
Duration
<1 minute
Geo
41.665, -70.173 · exact
Slug
oval-over-west-dennis-cape-cod-ma-1997-4c98bb
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

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In context

  • This is one of 1 reports logged in West Dennis (Cape Cod), MA.
  • This case is one of 18 Massachusetts 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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