UFOMYST
CaseUnknown1997

Howard/Artesian, SD, USA

Object descends and follows locomotive

Report quality: Moderate42/100

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 (38 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-04-15
Where
Howard/Artesian, SD, USA
Shape
Unknown
Duration
—
Geo
44.011, -97.527 · exact
Slug
unknown-over-howard-artesian-sd-1997-fdde55
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

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In context

  • This is one of 1 reports logged in Howard/Artesian, SD.
  • This case is one of 5 South Dakota reports filed in 1997.

Report

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