CaseTriangle1977

Accord, NY, USA

The object was triangular, totally silent and observed for 20 min and moved slowly with red & green lights and 1 white light.

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 (125 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1977-06-20
Where
Accord, NY, USA
Shape
Triangle
Duration
20min
Geo
41.786, -74.229 · exact
Slug
triangle-over-accord-ny-1977-0977a6
Wave

Part of a wave

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In context

  • Accord, NY has 3 sightings on file here.
  • 1977 brought 17 reports from New York.
  • The 1970s skewed 7.9% triangle reports; the archive-wide figure is 9%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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