UFOMYST
CaseUnknown1997

Salem, NH, USA

My husband had been sitting the computer in our den when he noticed rotating red, white and blue lights in our back yard. It was a hot

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: 1800s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (134 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-07-18
Where
Salem, NH, USA
Shape
Unknown
Duration
30 Minutes
Geo
42.788, -71.201 · exact
Slug
unknown-over-salem-nh-1997-ac7be1
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…

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In context

  • Salem, NH shows up 28 times across the archive.
  • 8 reports came from New Hampshire in 1997.

Report

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