UFOMYST
CaseSphere1997

N. Waterboro, ME, USA

A giant silver sphere appeared over the trees while I was fishing. The size was twice the size of any full moon.As I was rationalizing

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: 60s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (134 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-07-05
Where
N. Waterboro, ME, USA
Shape
Sphere
Duration
1 min
Geo
43.620, -70.735 · exact
Slug
sphere-over-n-waterboro-me-1997-0e8718
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

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In context

  • N. Waterboro, ME has 1 sightings on file here.
  • 1997 brought 10 reports from Maine.
  • The 1990s skewed 5.9% sphere reports; the archive-wide figure is 6.5%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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