UFOMYST
CaseCigar2006

New York City (Staten Island), NY, USA

I saw a cigar shaped craft with a light on each end. The lights weren't very bright. It was silent and it glided across the sky very qu

Report quality: Moderate49/100

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  • No parseable duration on file
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2006-09-22
Where
New York City (Staten Island), NY, USA
Shape
Cigar
Duration
a minute
Geo
40.714, -74.006 · exact
Slug
cigar-over-new-york-city-staten-island-ny-2006-9376ef
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In context

  • One of 56 documented reports from New York City (Staten Island), NY in the UFOMYST archive.
  • New York logged 125 sightings in 2006.
  • Cigar sightings ran at 2.7% during the 2000s (archive average: 2.5%).

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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