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CaseTriangle1997

Las Vegas (about 60 miles outside of), NV, USA

I seen something at night outside of Las Vegas. In short, this whatever it was, was silent, in what seemed to be in the shape of a tria

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: 300s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-05-17
Where
Las Vegas (about 60 miles outside of), NV, USA
Shape
Triangle
Duration
5mins
Geo
36.175, -115.137 · exact
Slug
triangle-over-las-vegas-about-60-miles-outside-of-nv-1997-cb3409
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

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In context

  • Las Vegas (about 60 miles outside of), NV shows up 1 times across the archive.
  • 29 reports came from Nevada in 1997.
  • In the 1990s, 11.6% of reports described a triangle — the all-time rate is 9%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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