CaseRectangle1977

Augusta (Ft. Gordon), GA, USA

As I reported in my first submission, I was standing guard, with a Pvt. Rodriguez. And noticed a fireball similar to the one I witness

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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: 1200s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (134 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1977-04-17
Where
Augusta (Ft. Gordon), GA, USA
Shape
Rectangle
Duration
20 min +
Geo
33.471, -81.975 · exact
Slug
rectangle-over-augusta-ft-gordon-ga-1977-5159ce
Wave

Part of a wave

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In context

  • Augusta (Ft. Gordon), GA shows up 1 times across the archive.
  • 5 reports came from Georgia in 1977.
  • In the 1970s, 2.3% of reports described a rectangle — the all-time rate is 1.7%.

Report

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