UFOMYST
CaseCylinder2014

New York City (Queens), NY, USA

The object in question was close enough for me to see three lights. Two of them were closer to each other and the other in the front by

Report quality: Moderate51/100

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  • Duration parsed: 3s (an atypical range)
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2014-09-13
Where
New York City (Queens), NY, USA
Shape
Cylinder
Duration
3 seconds
Geo
40.714, -74.006 · exact
Slug
cylinder-over-new-york-city-queens-ny-2014-66c14a
Wave

Part of a wave

  • 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…

    Open wave →

In context

  • This is one of 52 reports logged in New York City (Queens), NY.
  • This case is one of 332 New York reports filed in 2014.
  • Cylinder craft made up 1.5% of 2010s reports, vs 1.6% across the whole archive.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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