CaseLight1997

Shepherdstown, WV, USA

saw a bright white flashing (2-3 sec intervals) light in a field approx. 40 ft in the air. object was stationary. ((anonymous report))

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: 120s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (113 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-07-18
Where
Shepherdstown, WV, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
2 minutes
Geo
39.430, -77.804 · exact
Slug
light-over-shepherdstown-wv-1997-c23bf3
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

  • This is one of 5 reports logged in Shepherdstown, WV.
  • This case is one of 9 West Virginia 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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