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CaseChevron1997

Gila Bend (G.B.AUXILLARY FIELD, ), AZ, USA

At approx. 2015 hrs.flares dropped were close enough that I could see the white smoke as each burned, but the parachutes were not visib

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: 1200s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-03-13
Where
Gila Bend (G.B.AUXILLARY FIELD, ), AZ, USA
Shape
Chevron
Duration
20 MINS.
Geo
32.948, -112.717 · exact
Slug
chevron-over-gila-bend-g-b-auxillary-field-az-1997-7ee048
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…

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In context

  • Gila Bend (G.B.AUXILLARY FIELD, ), AZ has 1 sightings on file here.
  • 1997 brought 145 reports from Arizona.
  • The 1990s skewed 1.3% chevron reports; the archive-wide figure is 1.1%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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