UFOMYST
CaseTriangle1973

Mt. Vernon, IN, USA

A report from Mt. Vernon, IN in November 1973 described an orange, wedge-shaped object seen at an estimated altitude of 60 to 80 feet, about six blocks from the witness, lasting 15+ seconds.

Report quality: High73/100

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: 15s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (190 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • 2 other reports from the same city within 3 days
When
1973-11-02
Where
Mt. Vernon, IN, USA
Shape
Triangle
Duration
15+ seconds
Geo
40.669, -85.824 · exact
Slug
triangle-over-mt-vernon-in-1973-9d7101
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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Local cluster

Local cluster

November 1973 was a busy month for Mt. Vernon, IN: 3 separate reports.

In context

  • This is one of 87 reports logged in Mt. Vernon, IN.
  • This case is one of 15 Indiana reports filed in 1973.
  • Triangle craft made up 7.9% of 1970s reports, vs 9% across the whole archive.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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