CaseCircle1997

Victorville (east of), CA, USA

glowing circular object about 30 degrees above the southwestern horizon. Was moving slowly down and had no trail like a meteorite. Ob

Report quality: Moderate51/100

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: 4s (an atypical range)
  • Detailed witness text (133 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-12-30
Where
Victorville (east of), CA, USA
Shape
Circle
Duration
4-5 seconds
Geo
34.536, -117.291 · exact
Slug
circle-over-victorville-east-of-ca-1997-78fccc
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

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In context

  • This is one of 1 reports logged in Victorville (east of), CA.
  • This case is one of 152 California reports filed in 1997.
  • Circle craft made up 6.7% of 1990s reports, vs 10.6% across the whole archive.

Report

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