Casetriangle1997

Auburn, WA, USA

we saw a "V" shaped object from beneath. It had at least 15 lights . no sound, it was traveling north bound right in the air traffic

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 60s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (132 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-05-08
Where
Auburn, WA, USA
Shape
triangle
Duration
1 minute
Geo
47.307, -122.228 · exact
Slug
triangle-over-auburn-wa-1997-3a6d2b
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…

In context

  • Auburn, WA has 104 sightings on file here.
  • 1997 brought 89 reports from Washington.
  • The 1990s skewed 11.6% triangle reports; the archive-wide figure is 9%.

Report

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