UFOMYST
CaseCross1997

Chilhowie, VA, USA

4 craft slowly came together from four directions (North, South, East, West) They stayed together for 2-3 minutes(shot off in different

Report quality: Moderate49/100

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.

  • No parseable duration on file
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-01-01
Where
Chilhowie, VA, USA
Shape
Cross
Duration
3 minuntes max
Geo
36.798, -81.682 · exact
Slug
cross-over-chilhowie-va-1997-38a731
Wave

Part of a wave

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In context

  • One of 4 documented reports from Chilhowie, VA in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Virginia logged 23 sightings in 1997.
  • Cross sightings ran at 0.2% during the 1990s (archive average: 0.3%).

Report

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