UFOMYST
CaseLight1997

Sleaford, Lincolnshire (UK/England), United Kingdom

faint orange lights high in sky moving rapidly at high altitude

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: 10s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (63 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-07-15
Where
Sleaford, Lincolnshire (UK/England), United Kingdom
Shape
Light
Duration
10secs
Geo
52.998, -0.409 · exact
Slug
light-over-sleaford-lincolnshire-uk-england-1997-249780
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

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In context

  • This is one of 1 reports logged in Sleaford, Lincolnshire (UK/England), United Kingdom.
  • This case is one of 47 United Kingdom 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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