UFOMYST
CaseSphere1973

Montezuma, IN, USA

We saw a large glowing sphere that looked like the moon, but was obviously not since it was very close to us and could manuver.

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: 900s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (127 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1973-10-01
Where
Montezuma, IN, USA
Shape
Sphere
Duration
15 minutes
Geo
39.793, -87.371 · exact
Slug
sphere-over-montezuma-in-1973-46c337
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1973

    The Great 1973 Flap

    United States, strongest in the Southeast and Midwest

    With Blue Book dead, the biggest post-war flap had no official landing place — reports went to police, press, and the new civilian networks (MUFON, founded 1969, came of age here). October 1973 delivered Pascagoula's…

    Open wave →

In context

  • Montezuma, IN has 2 sightings on file here.
  • 1973 brought 15 reports from Indiana.
  • The 1970s skewed 6.1% sphere reports; the archive-wide figure is 6.5%.

Report

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