CaseLight1970

Whitby (Canada), ON, Canada

At 1:30 a.m. in Whitby, Ontario, in September 1970, a witness saw a flashing light change direction and speed repeatedly, over about two minutes.

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: 120s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (145 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1970-09-22
Where
Whitby (Canada), ON, Canada
Shape
Light
Duration
2 minutes
Geo
43.883, -78.933 · exact
Slug
light-over-whitby-canada-on-1970-f566fe

In context

  • This is one of 28 reports logged in Whitby (Canada), Canada.
  • This case is one of 13 Canada reports filed in 1970.
  • Light craft made up 11.6% of 1970s reports, vs 20.3% across the whole archive.

Report

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