UFOMYST
CaseCigar2011

Plainfield, IL, USA

While outside in my backyard tending a fire pit while seated, facing south my 8 year old son facing north pointed up in the sky just ov

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 52s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2011-09-10
Where
Plainfield, IL, USA
Shape
Cigar
Duration
45-60 seconds
Geo
41.627, -88.204 · exact
Slug
cigar-over-plainfield-il-2011-bbcd31
Wave

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  • Historical wave2004

    The Navy Encounters & the UAP Era

    U.S. training ranges (Pacific off San Diego; Atlantic off Virginia), then worldwide reporting

    The wave that renamed the subject. The USS Nimitz 'Tic Tac' encounter (November 2004: radar drops from 80,000 ft to sea level in seconds, pilot visual by Cmdr. David Fravor, FLIR video) stayed classified-adjacent until…

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In context

  • One of 34 documented reports from Plainfield, IL in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Illinois logged 219 sightings in 2011.
  • Cigar sightings ran at 1.9% during the 2010s (archive average: 2.5%).

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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