UFOMYST
CaseTriangle1997

Houston, TX, USA

Stationary hourglass-shaped object that appeared to be made of glass

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: 1200s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (68 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-04-23
Where
Houston, TX, USA
Shape
Triangle
Duration
20 minutes
Geo
29.763, -95.363 · exact
Slug
triangle-over-houston-tx-1997-3693e9
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

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Local cluster

Local cluster

April 1997 was a busy month for Houston, TX: 3 separate reports.

In context

  • This is one of 410 reports logged in Houston, TX.
  • This case is one of 77 Texas reports filed in 1997.
  • Triangle craft made up 11.6% of 1990s reports, vs 9% across the whole archive.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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