UFOMYST
CaseFormation1997

Kalamazoo, MI, USA

Collection of white objects at extreme height in broad daylight that looked like living things, but were not.

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: 1800s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (109 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-06-09
Where
Kalamazoo, MI, USA
Shape
Formation
Duration
30 minutes
Geo
42.292, -85.587 · exact
Slug
formation-over-kalamazoo-mi-1997-5926ee
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

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In context

  • This is one of 46 reports logged in Kalamazoo, MI.
  • This case is one of 46 Michigan reports filed in 1997.
  • Formation craft made up 2.7% of 1990s reports, vs 3.3% across the whole archive.

Report

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