UFOMYST
CaseOther1997

Prescott Valley (4-5 miles east of), AZ, USA

Observed yell/gold slightly out of round orb floating below treetop level less than 50 ft. from me, unobstructed view, silent, observed

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: 2250s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-02-15
Where
Prescott Valley (4-5 miles east of), AZ, USA
Shape
Other
Duration
35-40min
Geo
34.610, -112.316 · exact
Slug
other-over-prescott-valley-4-5-miles-east-of-az-1997-f8b984
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…

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In context

  • One of 1 documented reports from Prescott Valley (4-5 miles east of), AZ in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Arizona logged 145 sightings in 1997.
  • Other sightings ran at 8% during the 1990s (archive average: 6.9%).

Report

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