CaseUnknown1977

Delaware, OH, USA

Famous "WOW" Signal picked up disturbnce.

Report quality: Moderate52/100

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.

  • No parseable duration on file
  • Brief witness text (41 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • 1 other report from the same city within 3 days
When
1977-08-15
Where
Delaware, OH, USA
Shape
Unknown
Duration
Geo
40.299, -83.068 · exact
Slug
unknown-over-delaware-oh-1977-d40106
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1977–1978

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    The most physically aggressive wave on record. Luminous objects — locals called them 'chupa-chupa' (sucker-sucker) — descended nightly over fishing villages, projecting beams that left burns, puncture marks, anemia and…

In context

  • Delaware, OH shows up 26 times across the archive.
  • 13 reports came from Ohio in 1977.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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