UFOMYST
CaseCigar1966

Atwater, OH, USA

Near Atwater, Ohio on April 17, 1966, a witness reported a cigar-shaped object passing directly overhead during what became known as the Portage County UFO Chase.

Report quality: Moderate59/100

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  • No parseable duration on file
  • Detailed witness text (162 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • 1 other report from the same city within 3 days
When
1966-04-17
Where
Atwater, OH, USA
Shape
Cigar
Duration
hours
Geo
41.024, -81.163 · exact
Slug
cigar-over-atwater-oh-1966-25fc2e
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Wave

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  • Historical wave1965–1967

    The Mid-Sixties Wave

    United States (nationwide), with strong echoes in South America and Australia

    The wave that broke the Air Force. Blackout-night sightings over the Northeast (1965), the Exeter close encounters, police chases in Ohio, a schoolyard mass sighting in Melbourne (Westall), and a documented 'crash-dive'…

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In context

  • Atwater, OH shows up 6 times across the archive.
  • 16 reports came from Ohio in 1966.
  • In the 1960s, 7% of reports described a cigar — the all-time rate is 2.5%.

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