UFOMYST
CaseSphere1997

Coos Bay, OR, USA

Woman looking at stars in E sky sees a "dark tan circle of flames" moving to the N. 10 min. later, same obj. going S; closer, larger.

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: 120s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (133 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-04-24
Where
Coos Bay, OR, USA
Shape
Sphere
Duration
2 min.
Geo
43.367, -124.218 · exact
Slug
sphere-over-coos-bay-or-1997-5f6bf8
Wave

Part of a wave

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In context

  • This is one of 25 reports logged in Coos Bay, OR.
  • This case is one of 37 Oregon reports filed in 1997.
  • Sphere craft made up 5.9% of 1990s reports, vs 6.5% across the whole archive.

Report

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