UFOMYST
Caselight1997

Provo/Orem/Salt Lake City, UT, USA

Saw a white yellowish light performing vertical and horizontial maneouvers in the northern sky. At one point it elongated itself and m

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 120s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (134 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-05-10
Where
Provo/Orem/Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Shape
light
Duration
2 mins
Geo
40.234, -111.659 · exact
Slug
light-over-provo-orem-salt-lake-city-ut-1997-070e44
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

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In context

  • One of 1 documented reports from Provo/Orem/Salt Lake City, UT in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Utah logged 23 sightings in 1997.
  • Light sightings ran at 16.2% during the 1990s (archive average: 20.3%).

Report

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