CaseLight1997

Delray Beach, FL, USA

Single white light changes to multiple sources with red light, splits up. Red light moves differently and sparkle type exhaust noticed.

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 (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-04-25
Where
Delray Beach, FL, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
5 minutes
Geo
26.461, -80.073 · exact
Slug
light-over-delray-beach-fl-1997-5a185c
Wave

Part of a wave

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In context

  • This is one of 51 reports logged in Delray Beach, FL.
  • This case is one of 51 Florida 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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