UFOMYST
CaseTriangle1997

Rhinebeck (south of), NY, USA

2 sightings of apparently the same triangular object, moving above tree level at a very slow rate of speed with only a dull hum

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: 30s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (127 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-09-23
Where
Rhinebeck (south of), NY, USA
Shape
Triangle
Duration
30 seconds
Geo
41.927, -73.913 · exact
Slug
triangle-over-rhinebeck-south-of-ny-1997-cffaac
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

    The Phoenix Lights

    Arizona, USA (Phoenix–Prescott–Tucson corridor)

    The largest mass sighting in modern U.S. history — actually two events: an enormous silent V of lights (many insisted one solid craft blotting out stars) crossing the state around 8pm, and a string of stationary lights…

    Open wave →

In context

  • Rhinebeck (south of), NY has 1 sightings on file here.
  • 1997 brought 55 reports from New York.
  • The 1990s skewed 11.6% triangle reports; the archive-wide figure is 9%.

Report

Full narrative lands with dossier import for famous cases, or the NUFORC free-text summary above for standard reports. This shell is SSR-ready: one D1 row (including connections_json) per page.