UFOMYST
CaseFlash1997

Minden (Canada), ON, Canada

A bright flashing light moved over the lake at my summer camp, stopped suddenly and then shot right up with a very bright flash.

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: 30s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (128 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-08-02
Where
Minden (Canada), ON, Canada
Shape
Flash
Duration
30 seconds
Geo
44.927, -78.726 · exact
Slug
flash-over-minden-canada-on-1997-41eb1d
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…

    Open wave →

In context

  • Minden (Canada), Canada has 3 sightings on file here.
  • 1997 brought 63 reports from Canada.
  • The 1990s skewed 1.3% flash reports; the archive-wide figure is 1.7%.

Report

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