UFOMYST
CaseChevron1997

Phoenix, AZ, USA

An Alpha-shaped craft with a large sphere in the middle of the arms appeared at a high altitude and maneuvered for 15 minutes.

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: 1050s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (126 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-06-25
Where
Phoenix, AZ, USA
Shape
Chevron
Duration
15-20 minutes
Geo
33.448, -112.074 · exact
Slug
chevron-over-phoenix-az-1997-ddc941
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…

    Open wave →
Local cluster

Local cluster

Phoenix, AZ logged 4 reports in the single month of June 1997.

In context

  • One of 741 documented reports from Phoenix, AZ in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Arizona logged 145 sightings in 1997.
  • Chevron sightings ran at 1.3% during the 1990s (archive average: 1.1%).

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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