CaseDisk1977

Federal Way/Auburn, WA, USA

Large disked shape object with lots of lights hovering above a drive-in movie theater in Auburn/Federal Way around 1977.

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 300s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (120 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1977-07-30
Where
Federal Way/Auburn, WA, USA
Shape
Disk
Duration
5 minutes
Geo
47.322, -122.313 · exact
Slug
disk-over-federal-way-auburn-wa-1977-c02af6
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In context

  • Federal Way/Auburn, WA shows up 1 times across the archive.
  • 7 reports came from Washington in 1977.
  • In the 1970s, 22.6% of reports described a disk — the all-time rate is 5.9%.

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