UFOMYST
CaseUnknown1997

Shelbina, MO, USA

blinding white lights came down on vehicle then began to flash like flashbulbs going off

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: 15s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (88 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-08-15
Where
Shelbina, MO, USA
Shape
Unknown
Duration
15 seconds
Geo
39.694, -92.043 · exact
Slug
unknown-over-shelbina-mo-1997-07017d
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

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In context

  • Shelbina, MO has 1 sightings on file here.
  • 1997 brought 59 reports from Missouri.

Report

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