UFOMYST
CaseUnknown1997

Charlotte, NC, USA

In mid conversation we both looked up to the sky simultaniously. We saw what we thought was a shooting star very high in the eveni

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: 10s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (130 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-04-15
Where
Charlotte, NC, USA
Shape
Unknown
Duration
10 sec
Geo
35.227, -80.843 · exact
Slug
unknown-over-charlotte-nc-1997-abde84
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

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In context

  • One of 231 documented reports from Charlotte, NC in the UFOMYST archive.
  • North Carolina logged 25 sightings in 1997.

Report

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