UFOMYST
CaseFireball1997

Redondo Beach, CA, USA

Blue-Green Light ball streaked in SW driection at low altitude making distinguishable buzzing sound. Object appeared to be traveling at

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: 2s (an atypical range)
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-11-14
Where
Redondo Beach, CA, USA
Shape
Fireball
Duration
2-3 seconds
Geo
33.849, -118.388 · exact
Slug
fireball-over-redondo-beach-ca-1997-a15e09
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

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In context

  • This is one of 40 reports logged in Redondo Beach, CA.
  • This case is one of 152 California reports filed in 1997.
  • Fireball craft made up 6.8% of 1990s reports, vs 6.9% across the whole archive.

Report

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