CaseTeardrop1997

Huffman, TX, USA

Large object seen running N. of FM 1960 bearing W. It was about 1,000 through 4,000' feet in altitude. Looked to be between 5-8mi awa

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: 8s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (133 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-09-24
Where
Huffman, TX, USA
Shape
Teardrop
Duration
5-10 sec.s
Geo
30.027, -95.086 · exact
Slug
teardrop-over-huffman-tx-1997-d806da
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

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In context

  • Huffman, TX has 6 sightings on file here.
  • 1997 brought 77 reports from Texas.
  • The 1990s skewed 0.8% teardrop reports; the archive-wide figure is 0.9%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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