UFOMYST
CaseCross1997

Prairie du Sac/Merrimac ( between. on Hwy. 78), WI, USA

One small object with rotating lights, then a little later a large brilliantly lit object in the shape of a cross with 4 bright lights

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: 450s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (134 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-03-02
Where
Prairie du Sac/Merrimac ( between. on Hwy. 78), WI, USA
Shape
Cross
Duration
5 to 10 min.
Geo
43.287, -89.724 · exact
Slug
cross-over-prairie-du-sac-merrimac-between-on-hwy-78-wi-1997-d4bbbd
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

    The Phoenix Lights

    Arizona, USA (Phoenix–Prescott–Tucson corridor)

    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…

    Open wave →

In context

  • This is one of 1 reports logged in Prairie du Sac/Merrimac ( between. on Hwy. 78), WI.
  • This case is one of 21 Wisconsin reports filed in 1997.
  • Cross craft made up 0.2% of 1990s reports, vs 0.3% across the whole archive.

Report

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