UFOMYST
CaseRectangle1997

Brighton (E. of, N. of South Lyon, MI), MI, USA

Rectangular tilted object in sky, like harmonica with squares lighted. Est. object length at 1 mile +.

Report quality: Moderate51/100

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: 900s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (102 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-08-31
Where
Brighton (E. of, N. of South Lyon, MI), MI, USA
Shape
Rectangle
Duration
15 min.
Geo
42.529, -83.780 · exact
Slug
rectangle-over-brighton-e-of-n-of-south-lyon-mi-mi-1997-2e39b8
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

  • Brighton (E. of, N. of South Lyon, MI), MI shows up 1 times across the archive.
  • 46 reports came from Michigan in 1997.
  • In the 1990s, 1.4% of reports described a rectangle — the all-time rate is 1.7%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

Full narrative lands with dossier import for famous cases, or the NUFORC free-text summary above for standard reports. This shell is SSR-ready: one D1 row (including connections_json) per page.