UFOMYST
CaseOther1978

Douglas, AZ, USA

Very large object moving silently through low clouds. (Late 1970's.)

Report quality: Moderate51/100

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: 10s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (68 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1978-07-15
Where
Douglas, AZ, USA
Shape
Other
Duration
10 seconds
Geo
31.345, -109.545 · exact
Slug
other-over-douglas-az-1978-a75d62
Wave

Part of a wave

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In context

  • This is one of 6 reports logged in Douglas, AZ.
  • This case is one of 10 Arizona reports filed in 1978.
  • Other craft made up 6.5% of 1970s reports, vs 6.9% across the whole archive.

Report

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