CaseUnknown1971

Port Orchard, WA, USA

Name: UFO sighting — Port Orchard, WA, USA
Start: 1971-08-15
Location: Port Orchard, WA, USA

A witness in Port Orchard, Washington reported a saucer-shaped object accompanied by unexplained noises, described as a frightening experience, lasting three to five minutes in August 1971.

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: 240s, a plausible sighting length
Detailed witness text (189 characters)
Location geocoded exactly
No other reports from this city within 3 days

When: 1971-08-15
Where: Port Orchard, WA, USA
Shape: Unknown
Duration: 3-5 minutes
Geo: 47.540, -122.636 · exact
Slug: unknown-over-port-orchard-wa-1971-405f2f

In context

This is one of 43 reports logged in Port Orchard, WA.
This case is one of 11 Washington reports filed in 1971.

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