UFOMYST
CaseTriangle1973

Kirkland, WA, USA

MY WIFE AND I WERE DRIVING SOUTH ON I405 WHEN I SAW WHAT LOOKED LIKE A LARGE AIRCRAFT ON FIRE DESCENDING INTO THE SEATTLE AIR SPACE. IT

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 180s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1973-12-12
Where
Kirkland, WA, USA
Shape
Triangle
Duration
3 min
Geo
47.681, -122.209 · exact
Slug
triangle-over-kirkland-wa-1973-0f337e
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…

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In context

  • Kirkland, WA has 68 sightings on file here.
  • 1973 brought 9 reports from Washington.
  • The 1970s skewed 7.9% triangle reports; the archive-wide figure is 9%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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