UFOMYST
CaseRectangle1997

Malta (60 miles south of), MT, USA

Three of us wittnessed three rectangular orangish red lights in the sky the same distance apart. They appeared one at a time till three

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: 2s (an atypical range)
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-11-18
Where
Malta (60 miles south of), MT, USA
Shape
Rectangle
Duration
2 seconds
Geo
48.360, -107.874 · exact
Slug
rectangle-over-malta-60-miles-south-of-mt-1997-05f97a
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

    The Phoenix Lights

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    Open wave →

In context

  • Malta (60 miles south of), MT has 1 sightings on file here.
  • 1997 brought 12 reports from Montana.
  • The 1990s skewed 1.4% rectangle reports; the archive-wide figure is 1.7%.

Report

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