UFOMYST
CaseTriangle1997

Freeport, IL, USA

Bright triangular object, slow speed and low sound, spotlight appeared on our group, 4 other objects seen on horizon.

Report quality: Moderate61/100

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: 600s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (117 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • 1 other report from the same city within 3 days
When
1997-05-03
Where
Freeport, IL, USA
Shape
Triangle
Duration
10 minutes
Geo
42.297, -89.621 · exact
Slug
triangle-over-freeport-il-1997-e01d10
Wave

Part of a wave

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In context

  • This is one of 9 reports logged in Freeport, IL.
  • This case is one of 55 Illinois reports filed in 1997.
  • Triangle craft made up 11.6% of 1990s reports, vs 9% across the whole archive.

Report

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