CaseSphere1997

Medford, NY, USA

A sphere 15-20 feet wide chasing me and blinking on and off then dissapearing. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes

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: 60s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (105 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-06-15
Where
Medford, NY, USA
Shape
Sphere
Duration
1 minute
Geo
40.818, -73.000 · exact
Slug
sphere-over-medford-ny-1997-560fee
Wave

Part of a wave

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In context

  • This is one of 11 reports logged in Medford, NY.
  • This case is one of 55 New York 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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