CaseTriangle1997

Hyannis, MA, USA

WIFE AND I DROVE ONTO START OF OUR STREET, NOTICED TWO LIGHTS NOT USUALLY THERE. STOPPED CAR, GOT OUT, SAW TWO CRAFTS. NO NOISE AND H

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: 60s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (133 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-10-01
Where
Hyannis, MA, USA
Shape
Triangle
Duration
1 minute
Geo
41.653, -70.283 · exact
Slug
triangle-over-hyannis-ma-1997-ca152a
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

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In context

  • Hyannis, MA shows up 17 times across the archive.
  • 18 reports came from Massachusetts in 1997.
  • In the 1990s, 11.6% of reports described a triangle — the all-time rate is 9%.

Report

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