CaseUnknown1997

Okanogan, WA, USA

Woman near Tunk(?) Valley sees large, very bright ball of light streak down out of the sky. "Layers" of light: green, red, green.

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: 3s (an atypical range)
  • Detailed witness text (129 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-04-17
Where
Okanogan, WA, USA
Shape
Unknown
Duration
3 sec.
Geo
48.361, -119.583 · exact
Slug
unknown-over-okanogan-wa-1997-0dc19e
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…

In context

  • Okanogan, WA shows up 5 times across the archive.
  • 89 reports came from Washington in 1997.

Report

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