UFOMYST
CaseCircle1997

Gulf Shores, AL, USA

Large, circular craft encased in cluds and eventually "joined" with a smaller circle. Hovered for approx 1 hour near the Gulf Shore. D

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: 3600s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (134 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-07-14
Where
Gulf Shores, AL, USA
Shape
Circle
Duration
1 hour
Geo
30.246, -87.701 · exact
Slug
circle-over-gulf-shores-al-1997-fbd7b1
Wave

Part of a wave

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In context

  • One of 25 documented reports from Gulf Shores, AL in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Alabama logged 11 sightings in 1997.
  • Circle sightings ran at 6.7% during the 1990s (archive average: 10.6%).

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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