UFOMYST
CaseDisk2004

Malden Bridge, NY, USA

A shallow disc of light in cloudy light 45 deg, above hor., 8:45PM, Columbia Co., NY. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))

Report quality: Low35/100

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: 1800s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (85 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
  • NUFORC attached a skeptical explanation note (e.g. Venus, satellite, meteor)
When
2004-08-31
Where
Malden Bridge, NY, USA
Shape
Disk
Duration
30 minutes
Geo
42.471, -73.583 · exact
Slug
disk-over-malden-bridge-ny-2004-21a7c9
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave2004

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In context

  • This is one of 1 reports logged in Malden Bridge, NY.
  • This case is one of 183 New York reports filed in 2004.
  • Disk craft made up 6.5% of 2000s reports, vs 5.9% across the whole archive.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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