CaseCigar2018

Danbury, CT, USA

Cigar-shaped multi-colored sited. craft stayed in spot for 15 minutes and slowly moved. 2nd craft was east of first craft and moved qu

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 1500s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (134 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2018-08-29
Where
Danbury, CT, USA
Shape
Cigar
Duration
25 minutes
Geo
41.395, -73.454 · exact
Slug
cigar-over-danbury-ct-2018-8a1881
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave2004

    The Navy Encounters & the UAP Era

    U.S. training ranges (Pacific off San Diego; Atlantic off Virginia), then worldwide reporting

    The wave that renamed the subject. The USS Nimitz 'Tic Tac' encounter (November 2004: radar drops from 80,000 ft to sea level in seconds, pilot visual by Cmdr. David Fravor, FLIR video) stayed classified-adjacent until…

In context

  • Danbury, CT has 28 sightings on file here.
  • 2018 brought 110 reports from Connecticut.
  • The 2010s skewed 1.9% cigar reports; the archive-wide figure is 2.5%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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