CaseUnknown1978

Warren, RI, USA

Light over T F Green Airport.

Report quality: Moderate48/100

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: 90s, a plausible sighting length
  • Brief witness text (29 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1978-10-17
Where
Warren, RI, USA
Shape
Unknown
Duration
1-2 minutes
Geo
41.730, -71.283 · exact
Slug
unknown-over-warren-ri-1978-df62e1
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1977–1978

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In context

  • This is one of 8 reports logged in Warren, RI.
  • This case is one of 2 Rhode Island reports filed in 1978.

Report

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