UFOMYST
CaseSphere1997

Mankato/Lake Crystal, MN, USA

Two spheres, one silver, the other emerald. Great speed, seen from 1/4 mile away.

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: 10s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (81 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-01-15
Where
Mankato/Lake Crystal, MN, USA
Shape
Sphere
Duration
about 10 seconds
Geo
44.159, -94.009 · exact
Slug
sphere-over-mankato-lake-crystal-mn-1997-7016fc
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

    The Phoenix Lights

    Arizona, USA (Phoenix–Prescott–Tucson corridor)

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    Open wave →

In context

  • Mankato/Lake Crystal, MN has 1 sightings on file here.
  • 1997 brought 28 reports from Minnesota.
  • The 1990s skewed 5.9% sphere reports; the archive-wide figure is 6.5%.

Report

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