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CaseTriangle1997

Yuma (desert, on Olgiby Rd., 16 mi. ne. of Yuma), AZ, USA

about one mi. from front light to back and across about 10 t0 15 mi. from us. im just now able to talk about it.

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: 2700s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (112 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-03-16
Where
Yuma (desert, on Olgiby Rd., 16 mi. ne. of Yuma), AZ, USA
Shape
Triangle
Duration
45min.
Geo
32.725, -114.624 · exact
Slug
triangle-over-yuma-desert-on-olgiby-rd-16-mi-ne-of-yuma-az-1997-b788e4
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

    The Phoenix Lights

    Arizona, USA (Phoenix–Prescott–Tucson corridor)

    The largest mass sighting in modern U.S. history — actually two events: an enormous silent V of lights (many insisted one solid craft blotting out stars) crossing the state around 8pm, and a string of stationary lights…

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In context

  • This is one of 1 reports logged in Yuma (desert, on Olgiby Rd., 16 mi. ne. of Yuma), AZ.
  • This case is one of 145 Arizona 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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