UFOMYST
CaseLight1997

Jackson, MI, USA

There was a light that was folling us. Then it started flashing differnt colors. It flew away as fast as lighting.

Report quality: Moderate51/100

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
  • Moderate witness text (114 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-05-18
Where
Jackson, MI, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
5 min.
Geo
42.246, -84.401 · exact
Slug
light-over-jackson-mi-1997-b5f1a6
Wave

Part of a wave

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In context

  • One of 34 documented reports from Jackson, MI in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Michigan logged 46 sightings in 1997.
  • Light sightings ran at 16.2% during the 1990s (archive average: 20.3%).

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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