CaseTriangle1997

Mesa (at Mesa Community College), AZ, USA

LARGE TRIANGULAR OBJECT WITH 5 DIM AMBER LIGHTS (ONE IN EACH CORNER AND 2 MORE NEAR FRONT) MOVED SLOWLY NW TO S-SW WITH NO NOISE.

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 150s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (129 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-03-13
Where
Mesa (at Mesa Community College), AZ, USA
Shape
Triangle
Duration
2-3 MINUTES
Geo
33.422, -111.823 · exact
Slug
triangle-over-mesa-at-mesa-community-college-az-1997-b7ff1b
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Cluster flap1997

    AZ flap 1997-03

    AZ, USA

    47 sightings in geohash 9tbq (AZ) during 1997 peak months 3–3; top shape triangle

Flap

AZ flap 1997-03

This report belongs to the AZ flap 1997-03 — 47 sightings concentrated together.

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In context

  • Mesa (at Mesa Community College), AZ shows up 1 times across the archive.
  • 145 reports came from Arizona in 1997.
  • In the 1990s, 11.6% of reports described a triangle — the all-time rate is 9%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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