UFOMYST
CaseTriangle1997

Elk River, MN, USA

it was three green lights in the shape of a tryangle and this took place at night, and these 3 lights flashed and then it moved to a d

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: 60s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (134 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-08-24
Where
Elk River, MN, USA
Shape
Triangle
Duration
1 minute
Geo
45.304, -93.567 · exact
Slug
triangle-over-elk-river-mn-1997-15f9e0
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

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In context

  • Elk River, MN has 11 sightings on file here.
  • 1997 brought 28 reports from Minnesota.
  • The 1990s skewed 11.6% triangle reports; the archive-wide figure is 9%.

Report

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