CaseRectangle1997

Daggett, CA, USA

One very fast, very low flying rectangular object changes direction, stops, then seperates into three equally fast smaller objects.

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: 7s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (131 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-10-15
Where
Daggett, CA, USA
Shape
Rectangle
Duration
6-8 seconds.
Geo
34.863, -116.888 · exact
Slug
rectangle-over-daggett-ca-1997-59cdbe
Wave

Part of a wave

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In context

  • This is one of 1 reports logged in Daggett, CA.
  • This case is one of 152 California reports filed in 1997.
  • Rectangle craft made up 1.4% of 1990s reports, vs 1.7% across the whole archive.

Report

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