UFOMYST
CaseSphere1997

Caseyville, IL, USA

At first I thought it was a firework. But it was to high very high in the sky. I waited for another. Then I thought what was that? It w

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
1997-07-05
Where
Caseyville, IL, USA
Shape
Sphere
Duration
2 seconds
Geo
38.637, -90.026 · exact
Slug
sphere-over-caseyville-il-1997-eeaac0
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

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In context

  • One of 6 documented reports from Caseyville, IL in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Illinois logged 55 sightings in 1997.
  • Sphere sightings ran at 5.9% during the 1990s (archive average: 6.5%).

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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