CaseTriangle1997

Blackwell, OK, USA

A gold triangular shaped object with a red "tail" was seen hovering in the air west southwest of Blackwell, OK. It hovered for at leas

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: 600s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (134 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-01-21
Where
Blackwell, OK, USA
Shape
Triangle
Duration
10 minutes at least
Geo
36.804, -97.283 · exact
Slug
triangle-over-blackwell-ok-1997-8d3402
Wave

Part of a wave

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In context

  • Blackwell, OK has 2 sightings on file here.
  • 1997 brought 7 reports from Oklahoma.
  • The 1990s skewed 11.6% triangle reports; the archive-wide figure is 9%.

Report

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