UFOMYST
CaseFormation1997

Gig Harbor, WA, USA

UFO sighting Gig Harbor Washington Nov. 14 1997. ((NUFORC Note: Many, many reports of this dramatic event. PD))

Report quality: Moderate48/100

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: 270s, a plausible sighting length
  • Brief witness text (48 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-11-14
Where
Gig Harbor, WA, USA
Shape
Formation
Duration
4-5 minutes
Geo
47.329, -122.580 · exact
Slug
formation-over-gig-harbor-wa-1997-3a688b
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

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In context

  • Gig Harbor, WA has 41 sightings on file here.
  • 1997 brought 89 reports from Washington.
  • The 1990s skewed 2.7% formation reports; the archive-wide figure is 3.3%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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