CaseUnknown1997

Abilene, TX, USA

Saw a bright light before grocery shopping and disappeared and took off.

Report quality: Moderate45/100

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.

  • No parseable duration on file
  • Moderate witness text (72 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-10-19
Where
Abilene, TX, USA
Shape
Unknown
Duration
Geo
32.449, -99.733 · exact
Slug
unknown-over-abilene-tx-1997-729560
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…

In context

  • This is one of 42 reports logged in Abilene, TX.
  • This case is one of 77 Texas reports filed in 1997.

Report

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