CaseOther1997

Jupiter, FL, USA

Flame object giving off colored rings in the sky then exploding. ((NUFORC Note: Possible missile launch?? PD))

Report quality: Low35/100

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: 1200s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (64 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
  • NUFORC attached a skeptical explanation note (e.g. Venus, satellite, meteor)
When
1997-05-20
Where
Jupiter, FL, USA
Shape
Other
Duration
20 Min
Geo
26.934, -80.094 · exact
Slug
other-over-jupiter-fl-1997-1288a9
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

  • One of 48 documented reports from Jupiter, FL in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Florida logged 51 sightings in 1997.
  • Other sightings ran at 8% during the 1990s (archive average: 6.9%).

Report

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