UFOMYST
CaseSphere1997

Nocona, TX, USA

A very dim, round ball of light that moved at a very high speed across the sky--much faster than a jet, but slower than a meteorite.

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: 12s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (132 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-10-31
Where
Nocona, TX, USA
Shape
Sphere
Duration
12 seconds
Geo
33.787, -97.726 · exact
Slug
sphere-over-nocona-tx-1997-2c8e1f
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

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    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…

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In context

  • Nocona, TX shows up 1 times across the archive.
  • 77 reports came from Texas in 1997.
  • In the 1990s, 5.9% of reports described a sphere — the all-time rate is 6.5%.

Report

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