CaseUnknown1997

Medford, OR, USA

Sighting was reported in July 15, 1997 edition of The Mail Tribune, the Medford, OR daily newspaper. Object flew in sky and made sharp

Report quality: Moderate49/100

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
  • Detailed witness text (134 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-07-14
Where
Medford, OR, USA
Shape
Unknown
Duration
Geo
42.327, -122.876 · exact
Slug
unknown-over-medford-or-1997-82a35f
Wave

Part of a wave

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In context

  • Medford, OR shows up 75 times across the archive.
  • 37 reports came from Oregon in 1997.

Report

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