UFOMYST
CaseLight1997

Hollister, CA, USA

I was walking on a county road looking at the stars as I often do When I noticed a star becoming brighter, Then to my amazement it move

Report quality: Moderate65/100

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: 90s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • 1 other report from the same city within 3 days
When
1997-10-13
Where
Hollister, CA, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
1-2 min.
Geo
36.852, -121.402 · exact
Slug
light-over-hollister-ca-1997-7ed68c
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…

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In context

  • This is one of 36 reports logged in Hollister, 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.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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