1997-07-04
21 people, 19 different places
Strangers who were not talking to each other described blue light, green light, buzzing within hours of each other, mostly in night.
What was also happening that night
- Venus was 56 degrees above the horizon at magnitude -3.8, bright enough to be mistaken for something else (computed)
- This was Independence Day, when fireworks and sky lanterns are common. (calendar)
Were you there?
Both answers are useful, and the second one more than people think. If you were outside on 1997-07-04 in that part of the world and saw nothing at all, say so. A record that only collects sightings can never be argued with.
What people wrote
The accounts behind this are short archive entries rather than full narratives. Why that happens
The numbers behind this cluster
E-1997-07-04-39-90 · 21 accounts across 19 places · wording independence 0.613 · coherence 7.904 · sources nuforc:21
Wording independence near 1.0 means people described it in their own words rather than repeating each other.