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CaseRectangle1997

Austin, TX, USA

Large rectangular, metallic, no sound, no lights, just above trees, not moving trees, Austin, TX end of 1996 thru 1997

Report quality: Moderate51/100

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
  • Moderate witness text (118 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-06-01
Where
Austin, TX, USA
Shape
Rectangle
Duration
few seconds
Geo
30.267, -97.743 · exact
Slug
rectangle-over-austin-tx-1997-468099
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

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In context

  • This is one of 327 reports logged in Austin, TX.
  • This case is one of 77 Texas reports filed in 1997.
  • Rectangle craft made up 1.4% of 1990s reports, vs 1.7% across the whole archive.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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