UFOMYST
CaseTeardrop1997

Worsley, Manchester (UK/England), United Kingdom

Tear drop shape, emitting dull gold glow at around 7000 feet. Moving at same speed as airliners in landing pattern in same vicinity.

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: 120s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (132 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-01-08
Where
Worsley, Manchester (UK/England), United Kingdom
Shape
Teardrop
Duration
2 minutes
Geo
53.499, -2.381 · exact
Slug
teardrop-over-worsley-manchester-uk-england-1997-f40229
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

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In context

  • This is one of 1 reports logged in Worsley, Manchester (UK/England), United Kingdom.
  • This case is one of 47 United Kingdom reports filed in 1997.
  • Teardrop craft made up 0.8% of 1990s reports, vs 0.9% across the whole archive.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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