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CaseLight1978

Arizona (about 3 hours from, on I-15), AZ, USA

I saw 3 very bright crafts, a big one in the middle, and 2 smaller ones on either side, hovering then moving fast, back and forth

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: 300s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (129 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1978-07-20
Where
Arizona (about 3 hours from, on I-15), AZ, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
5 min.
Geo
32.756, -111.671 · exact
Slug
light-over-arizona-about-3-hours-from-on-i-15-az-1978-e20d1a
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1977–1978

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In context

  • This is one of 1 reports logged in Arizona (about 3 hours from, on I-15), AZ.
  • This case is one of 10 Arizona reports filed in 1978.
  • Light craft made up 11.6% of 1970s reports, vs 20.3% across the whole archive.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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