CaseCylinder1997

Gaffney, SC, USA

I was standimg in my back yeard i something shiny cought the coner when i look there was a bright silver cylinder and it was siting sta

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 90s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-06-15
Where
Gaffney, SC, USA
Shape
Cylinder
Duration
1-2 minutes
Geo
35.072, -81.650 · exact
Slug
cylinder-over-gaffney-sc-1997-864e4d
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

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In context

  • Gaffney, SC shows up 10 times across the archive.
  • 11 reports came from South Carolina in 1997.
  • In the 1990s, 1.4% of reports described a cylinder — the all-time rate is 1.6%.

Report

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