UFOMYST
CaseTriangle1978

Memphis, TN, USA

2 huge triangle shaped objects, low to the ground moving very slow. we follow them for several miles before they vanish.

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: 2700s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (120 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1978-07-01
Where
Memphis, TN, USA
Shape
Triangle
Duration
45 mins
Geo
35.150, -90.049 · exact
Slug
triangle-over-memphis-tn-1978-7268b6
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In context

  • One of 126 documented reports from Memphis, TN in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Tennessee logged 9 sightings in 1978.
  • Triangle sightings ran at 7.9% during the 1970s (archive average: 9%).

Report

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