CaseUnknown1997

Salem, OR, USA

Missing Time July 31, 1997

Report quality: Moderate52/100

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
  • Brief witness text (26 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • 1 other report from the same city within 3 days
When
1997-07-31
Where
Salem, OR, USA
Shape
Unknown
Duration
unknown
Geo
44.943, -123.035 · exact
Slug
unknown-over-salem-or-1997-63265f
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…

Local cluster

Local cluster

July 1997 was a busy month for Salem, OR: 3 separate reports.

In context

  • This is one of 170 reports logged in Salem, OR.
  • This case is one of 37 Oregon reports filed in 1997.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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