CaseCircle1997

Navarre, FL, USA

Several bright lights that seemed to appear and disappear. They were so bright they made the evening sky illuminate. The clouds were

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: 600s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (132 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-07-30
Where
Navarre, FL, USA
Shape
Circle
Duration
10 minutes
Geo
30.402, -86.864 · exact
Slug
circle-over-navarre-fl-1997-3ddbd0
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

    The Phoenix Lights

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    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…

In context

  • This is one of 20 reports logged in Navarre, FL.
  • This case is one of 51 Florida reports filed in 1997.
  • Circle craft made up 6.7% of 1990s reports, vs 10.6% across the whole archive.

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