CaseUnknown1997

Phoenix, AZ, USA

((NUFORC Note: We suspect the possibility of twinkling stars. Just a guess. PD)) Stationary red-green=white lights.

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.

  • Duration parsed: 14400s, a plausible sighting length
  • Brief witness text (34 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • 1 other report from the same city within 3 days
  • NUFORC attached a skeptical explanation note (e.g. Venus, satellite, meteor)
When
1997-06-01
Where
Phoenix, AZ, USA
Shape
Unknown
Duration
4 hrs
Geo
33.448, -112.074 · exact
Slug
unknown-over-phoenix-az-1997-a62ba5
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…

Local cluster

Local cluster

4 reports came out of Phoenix, AZ in June 1997 alone — a local cluster.

In context

  • Phoenix, AZ has 741 sightings on file here.
  • 1997 brought 145 reports from Arizona.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

Full narrative lands with dossier import for famous cases, or the NUFORC free-text summary above for standard reports. This shell is SSR-ready: one D1 row (including connections_json) per page.