UFOMYST
CaseTeardrop1997

Valley Springs, CA, USA

My father convinced me to report my abduction. So here it is.

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: 150s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (61 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-05-13
Where
Valley Springs, CA, USA
Shape
Teardrop
Duration
2.5
Geo
38.192, -120.829 · exact
Slug
teardrop-over-valley-springs-ca-1997-6d7c84
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

    The Phoenix Lights

    Arizona, USA (Phoenix–Prescott–Tucson corridor)

    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…

    Open wave →

In context

  • Valley Springs, CA has 11 sightings on file here.
  • 1997 brought 152 reports from California.
  • The 1990s skewed 0.8% teardrop reports; the archive-wide figure is 0.9%.

Report

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