UFOMYST
CaseCigar1997

Sherman Oaks, CA, USA

Cigar shaped object in Sherman Oaks

Report quality: Moderate48/100

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: 12s, a plausible sighting length
  • Brief witness text (35 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-09-15
Where
Sherman Oaks, CA, USA
Shape
Cigar
Duration
10-15 seconds
Geo
34.151, -118.449 · exact
Slug
cigar-over-sherman-oaks-ca-1997-04ddc6
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

    The Phoenix Lights

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    Open wave →

In context

  • Sherman Oaks, CA has 40 sightings on file here.
  • 1997 brought 152 reports from California.
  • The 1990s skewed 2.3% cigar reports; the archive-wide figure is 2.5%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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