UFOMYST
CaseLight1997

Bakersfield, CA, USA

Bright yellow light in the sky. The brightest object in the sky. Kept on brightening and lowering it flouresent yellow light.

Report quality: Moderate49/100

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.

  • No parseable duration on file
  • Detailed witness text (125 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-03-22
Where
Bakersfield, CA, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
—
Geo
35.373, -119.019 · exact
Slug
light-over-bakersfield-ca-1997-3f71d6
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

    The Phoenix Lights

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    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

  • This is one of 140 reports logged in Bakersfield, CA.
  • This case is one of 152 California reports filed in 1997.
  • Light craft made up 16.2% of 1990s reports, vs 20.3% across the whole archive.

Report

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