UFOMYST
CaseFireball1997

London (UK/England), United Kingdom

Very high up, and shot across the sky, performing and small zig-zag then shooting off

Report quality: Moderate51/100

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: 10s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (85 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-07-21
Where
London (UK/England), United Kingdom
Shape
Fireball
Duration
10 seconds
Geo
51.509, -0.126 · exact
Slug
fireball-over-london-uk-england-1997-c96041
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

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In context

  • This is one of 222 reports logged in London (UK/England), United Kingdom.
  • This case is one of 47 United Kingdom reports filed in 1997.
  • Fireball craft made up 6.8% of 1990s reports, vs 6.9% across the whole archive.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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