UFOMYST
CaseOther1997

Newark to San Leandro, CA, USA

While during commute in fall of 1997 or 1998 on my north bound commute between San Jose and Sanleandro, California, I witness a drizzle

Report quality: Moderate49/100

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
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location could not be geocoded
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-07-19
Where
Newark to San Leandro, CA, USA
Shape
Other
Duration
20 minutes
Geo
—
Slug
other-over-newark-to-san-leandro-ca-1997-914dce
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

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In context

  • Newark to San Leandro, CA has 1 sightings on file here.
  • 1997 brought 152 reports from California.
  • The 1990s skewed 8% other reports; the archive-wide figure is 6.9%.

Report

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