CaseCigar1982

Rome, NY, USA

Name: UFO sighting — Rome, NY, USA
Start: 1982-08-05
Location: Rome, NY, USA

I SEEN A CIGAR SHAPE CRAFT PASS OVER VERY SLOW THE ONLY NOISE IT MADE WAS A WIND SOUND BUT THERE WAS NO WIND AT THAT TIME . I JUST WATC

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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Duration parsed: 180s, a plausible sighting length
Detailed witness text (135 characters)
Location geocoded exactly
No other reports from this city within 3 days

When: 1982-08-05
Where: Rome, NY, USA
Shape: Cigar
Duration: 3MINS
Geo: 43.213, -75.456 · exact
Slug: cigar-over-rome-ny-1982-2e5acd

In context

This is one of 16 reports logged in Rome, NY.
This case is one of 13 New York reports filed in 1982.
Cigar craft made up 3.9% of 1980s reports, vs 2.5% across the whole archive.

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