UFOMYST
CaseTriangle1977

Whittier, CA, USA

Huge Triangle over Whittier in 1977.

Report quality: Moderate48/100

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  • Duration parsed: 7200s, a plausible sighting length
  • Brief witness text (36 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1977-06-30
Where
Whittier, CA, USA
Shape
Triangle
Duration
2 hours
Geo
33.979, -118.033 · exact
Slug
triangle-over-whittier-ca-1977-eb1fb4
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  • One of 62 documented reports from Whittier, CA in the UFOMYST archive.
  • California logged 44 sightings in 1977.
  • Triangle sightings ran at 7.9% during the 1970s (archive average: 9%).

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