UFOMYST
CaseCigar2005

Cumberland, ME, USA

((NUFORC Note: Anonymous source. Hoax?? PD)) I was at a party late on Tuesday night with about 4 of my friends from college.

Report quality: Low1/100

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  • Duration parsed: 900s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (79 characters)
  • Location geocoded approximately
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
  • Summary contains a HOAX marker
  • NUFORC attached a skeptical explanation note (e.g. Venus, satellite, meteor)
When
2005-05-09
Where
Cumberland, ME, USA
Shape
Cigar
Duration
15 minutes
Geo
41.967, -71.433 · fallback
Slug
cigar-over-cumberland-me-2005-eb7f27
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In context

  • Cumberland, ME shows up 3 times across the archive.
  • 25 reports came from Maine in 2005.
  • In the 2000s, 2.7% of reports described a cigar — the all-time rate is 2.5%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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