UFOMYST
CaseUnknown1997

Hartford, SD, USA

Man sees a large, white disc in the night sky. Obj. splits into 2 smaller orange orbs, one of which maneuvers, then 2 orbs rejoin!

Report quality: Moderate51/100

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: 3s (an atypical range)
  • Detailed witness text (130 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-04-18
Where
Hartford, SD, USA
Shape
Unknown
Duration
3 sec.
Geo
43.623, -96.943 · exact
Slug
unknown-over-hartford-sd-1997-f56084
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

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In context

  • Hartford, SD shows up 3 times across the archive.
  • 5 reports came from South Dakota in 1997.

Report

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