UFOMYST
CaseCircle1997

Virginia Beach, VA, USA

What I saw is very similar to what US Navy pilot David Fravor described. It was evening, it flew west, made a very sharp turn up, anoth

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 5s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-06-30
Where
Virginia Beach, VA, USA
Shape
Circle
Duration
5 seconds
Geo
36.853, -75.978 · exact
Slug
circle-over-virginia-beach-va-1997-c5f284
Wave

Part of a wave

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In context

  • Virginia Beach, VA has 176 sightings on file here.
  • 1997 brought 23 reports from Virginia.
  • The 1990s skewed 6.7% circle reports; the archive-wide figure is 10.6%.

Report

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