CaseSphere1997

Fairfield, CA, USA

Round blue-green object seen hurling to earth. It disappeared before reaching the ground. It was only visible in the night sky for ap

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: 2s (an atypical range)
  • Detailed witness text (133 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-10-24
Where
Fairfield, CA, USA
Shape
Sphere
Duration
2 seconds
Geo
38.249, -122.040 · exact
Slug
sphere-over-fairfield-ca-1997-9c3fa6
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

  • This is one of 55 reports logged in Fairfield, CA.
  • This case is one of 152 California reports filed in 1997.
  • Sphere craft made up 5.9% of 1990s reports, vs 6.5% across the whole archive.

Report

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