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CaseTriangle1997

Austin, TX, USA

I was driving northbound on I-35, and was around 5 miles south of Austin when I noticed an intensely bright white light far ahead on th

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: 1800s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-04-07
Where
Austin, TX, USA
Shape
Triangle
Duration
30 mins
Geo
30.267, -97.743 · exact
Slug
triangle-over-austin-tx-1997-b41391
Wave

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In context

  • This is one of 327 reports logged in Austin, TX.
  • This case is one of 77 Texas reports filed in 1997.
  • Triangle craft made up 11.6% of 1990s reports, vs 9% across the whole archive.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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