UFOMYST
CaseLight1997

Salinas, CA, USA

a LIGHT IN THE SKY THAT LOOKED LIKE THE NORTH STAR. THE DIFFERENCE WAS WE COULD SEE THE MOON AND THE NORTH STAR. THE OTHER LIGHT I COUL

Report quality: Moderate49/100

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.

  • No parseable duration on file
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-08-17
Where
Salinas, CA, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
30 MINSALINAS
Geo
36.678, -121.656 · exact
Slug
light-over-salinas-ca-1997-5e3d68
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

    The Phoenix Lights

    Arizona, USA (Phoenix–Prescott–Tucson corridor)

    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…

    Open wave →

In context

  • Salinas, CA shows up 51 times across the archive.
  • 152 reports came from California in 1997.
  • In the 1990s, 16.2% of reports described a light — the all-time rate is 20.3%.

Report

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