UFOMYST
CaseFlash1997

Austin, TX, USA

it flashed very bright and then took off at the speed of light with a blue trail following it.

Report quality: Moderate47/100

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: 3s (an atypical range)
  • Moderate witness text (94 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-05-10
Where
Austin, TX, USA
Shape
Flash
Duration
3 seconds
Geo
30.267, -97.743 · exact
Slug
flash-over-austin-tx-1997-396c56
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

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Local cluster

Local cluster

3 reports came out of Austin, TX in May 1997 alone — a local cluster.

In context

  • Austin, TX has 327 sightings on file here.
  • 1997 brought 77 reports from Texas.
  • The 1990s skewed 1.3% flash reports; the archive-wide figure is 1.7%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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