UFOMYST
CaseUnknown1973

Appleton, WI, USA

Object seen: circular orange glow at back of laboring hum like deisel or electric motor sound. 3-4 lighted globes ejected object w/ora

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: 35s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (134 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1973-08-01
Where
Appleton, WI, USA
Shape
Unknown
Duration
30 - 40 secs.
Geo
44.262, -88.415 · exact
Slug
unknown-over-appleton-wi-1973-6289ac
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1973

    The Great 1973 Flap

    United States, strongest in the Southeast and Midwest

    With Blue Book dead, the biggest post-war flap had no official landing place — reports went to police, press, and the new civilian networks (MUFON, founded 1969, came of age here). October 1973 delivered Pascagoula's…

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In context

  • Appleton, WI has 32 sightings on file here.
  • 1973 brought 7 reports from Wisconsin.

Report

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