UFOMYST
CaseLight1997

Salem, OR, USA

We saw a bright green object that looked like a comet or shooting star but it moved very slowly.

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: 30s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (96 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-09-15
Where
Salem, OR, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
Approx.30sec.
Geo
44.943, -123.035 · exact
Slug
light-over-salem-or-1997-640ab7
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

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In context

  • This is one of 170 reports logged in Salem, OR.
  • This case is one of 37 Oregon 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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