CaseLight1978

St. Robert/Fort Leonard Wood, MO, USA

Two witnesses, enlisted man and wife. Sitting on front porch of home. Noticed an unusual light/object moving across the sky. No other

Report quality: Moderate59/100

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 (133 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • 1 other report from the same city within 3 days
When
1978-07-25
Where
St. Robert/Fort Leonard Wood, MO, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
minute
Geo
37.706, -92.157 · exact
Slug
light-over-st-robert-fort-leonard-wood-mo-1978-6aec3c
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1977–1978

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In context

  • This is one of 2 reports logged in St. Robert/Fort Leonard Wood, MO.
  • This case is one of 11 Missouri reports filed in 1978.
  • Light craft made up 11.6% of 1970s reports, vs 20.3% across the whole archive.

Report

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