UFOMYST
CaseChanging2017

Phoenix, AZ, USA

Cyl. silver obj. approached, then receded, then changed shape..began to sparkle then drift away to WSW. ((anonymous report))

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: 300s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (103 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2017-03-19
Where
Phoenix, AZ, USA
Shape
Changing
Duration
5 minutes
Geo
33.448, -112.074 · exact
Slug
changing-over-phoenix-az-2017-a76dea
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Cluster flap2017

    AZ flap 2017-03

    AZ, USA

    12 sightings in geohash 9tbq (AZ) during 2017 peak months 3–3; top shape circle

    12 reportsOpen wave →
Local cluster

Local cluster

Phoenix, AZ logged 6 reports in the single month of March 2017.

Flap

AZ flap 2017-03

This case is part of the AZ flap 2017-03 — 12 reports clustered in the same place and window of time.

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In context

  • One of 741 documented reports from Phoenix, AZ in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Arizona logged 208 sightings in 2017.
  • Changing sightings ran at 2.4% during the 2010s (archive average: 2.5%).

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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