UFOMYST
CaseCigar2019

Randolph, NJ, USA

Object moved slowly overhead and as it moved away appeared to bend vertically like a bow. Also appeared to be circling the area.

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: 2400s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (128 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2019-10-08
Where
Randolph, NJ, USA
Shape
Cigar
Duration
40 minutes
Geo
40.848, -74.581 · exact
Slug
cigar-over-randolph-nj-2019-bd3491
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave2004

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In context

  • One of 7 documented reports from Randolph, NJ in the UFOMYST archive.
  • New Jersey logged 193 sightings in 2019.
  • Cigar sightings ran at 1.9% during the 2010s (archive average: 2.5%).

Report

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