UFOMYST
CaseRectangle1997

Brighton (west of Detroit), MI, USA

A rectangular shaped object like a harmonica with the square holes brilliant white, stationary at 30 degrees over Detroit. IMMENSE siz

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: 600s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (134 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-08-31
Where
Brighton (west of Detroit), MI, USA
Shape
Rectangle
Duration
10 minutes
Geo
42.529, -83.780 · exact
Slug
rectangle-over-brighton-west-of-detroit-mi-1997-d4d088
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

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In context

  • One of 1 documented reports from Brighton (west of Detroit), MI in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Michigan logged 46 sightings in 1997.
  • Rectangle sightings ran at 1.4% during the 1990s (archive average: 1.7%).

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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