CaseLight1997

Urubamba (outside Cusco, Peruvian Andes) (Peru), Peru

A fast moving "body of Light" sweeps over us as we star watch in the Sacred Valley of the Incas outside Cusco Peru at an elevation of l

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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: 5s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-05-28
Where
Urubamba (outside Cusco, Peruvian Andes) (Peru), Peru
Shape
Light
Duration
few seconds
Geo
-13.305, -72.116 · exact
Slug
light-over-urubamba-outside-cusco-peruvian-andes-peru-1997-72d4d8
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 1 reports logged in Urubamba (outside Cusco, Peruvian Andes) (Peru), Peru.
  • This case is one of 1 Peru 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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