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CaseCigar1997

Charlotte, NC, USA

Cigar shaped, silvery-white object @ 500-1,00' up, in a clear blue, cloudless sky. Object was silent, immobile, and when I glanced dow

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: 120s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (134 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-10-01
Where
Charlotte, NC, USA
Shape
Cigar
Duration
2 minutes
Geo
35.227, -80.843 · exact
Slug
cigar-over-charlotte-nc-1997-f987ed
Wave

Part of a wave

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In context

  • This is one of 231 reports logged in Charlotte, NC.
  • This case is one of 25 North Carolina reports filed in 1997.
  • Cigar craft made up 2.3% of 1990s reports, vs 2.5% across the whole archive.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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