CaseDiamond1997

Burlington, VT, USA

Large object at above 50,000 feet: est speed around 3,000 kts: diamond design. no visable trail: est 300 x 300 feet. Have seen in ar

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: 180s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (132 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-12-17
Where
Burlington, VT, USA
Shape
Diamond
Duration
3 minutes
Geo
44.476, -73.212 · exact
Slug
diamond-over-burlington-vt-1997-788e59
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…

In context

  • This is one of 29 reports logged in Burlington, VT.
  • This case is one of 3 Vermont reports filed in 1997.
  • Diamond craft made up 1.3% of 1990s reports, vs 1.4% across the whole archive.

Report

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