UFOMYST
CaseLight1997

Brighton, IL, USA

While shooting fireworks, saw a bright blue object move horizontilly from east to west across the field in the back of the house.

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: 10s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (129 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-07-04
Where
Brighton, IL, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
10 seconds
Geo
39.040, -90.141 · exact
Slug
light-over-brighton-il-1997-5f8219
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

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In context

  • Brighton, IL has 4 sightings on file here.
  • 1997 brought 55 reports from Illinois.
  • The 1990s skewed 16.2% light reports; the archive-wide figure is 20.3%.

Report

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