UFOMYST
CaseLight1997

Troy, IL, USA

large blue light silently travelling across the sky in a purposeful manner.

Report quality: Moderate57/100

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: 4s (an atypical range)
  • Moderate witness text (75 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • 1 other report from the same city within 3 days
When
1997-07-04
Where
Troy, IL, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
3-4 seconds
Geo
38.729, -89.883 · exact
Slug
light-over-troy-il-1997-5cdd1a
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

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    Open wave →

In context

  • Troy, IL has 9 sightings on file here.
  • 1997 brought 55 reports from Illinois.
  • 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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