CaseLight1998

Baraboo, WI, USA

A bright white light, tens of thousands of feet in the air, swooped downward, left a lingering impression or reflection, and disappeare

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: 5s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1998-04-05
Where
Baraboo, WI, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
a few seconds
Geo
43.471, -89.744 · exact
Slug
light-over-baraboo-wi-1998-5e3d77

In context

  • This is one of 16 reports logged in Baraboo, WI.
  • This case is one of 38 Wisconsin reports filed in 1998.
  • Light craft made up 16.2% of 1990s reports, vs 20.3% across the whole archive.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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