CaseLight1997

Seattle, WA, USA

Extremely rapid, silent, non-streaking bright light moving from north to south at probably 15 to 25 degrees along the eastern horizon a

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: 3s (an atypical range)
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-12-11
Where
Seattle, WA, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
3 seconds
Geo
47.606, -122.332 · exact
Slug
light-over-seattle-wa-1997-3ac87e
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…

In context

  • Seattle, WA has 713 sightings on file here.
  • 1997 brought 89 reports from Washington.
  • The 1990s skewed 16.2% light reports; the archive-wide figure is 20.3%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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