UFOMYST
CaseCigar1945

Ft. Lee, VA, USA

A witness near Ft. Lee, Virginia reported a multi-colored, cigar-shaped object seen briefly near the Army base in early 1945.

Report quality: Moderate49/100

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.

  • No parseable duration on file
  • Detailed witness text (125 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1945-01-01
Where
Ft. Lee, VA, USA
Shape
Cigar
Duration
short
Geo
37.247, -77.334 · exact
Slug
cigar-over-ft-lee-va-1945-f1808b
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1944–1945

    The Foo Fighters

    European and Pacific theaters of WWII

    Allied (and, files later showed, Axis) aircrews reported glowing balls of light pacing their aircraft through evasive maneuvers. Each side suspected the other's secret weapon. The name came from the Smokey Stover comic…

    Open wave →

In context

  • Ft. Lee, VA shows up 2 times across the archive.
  • 2 reports came from Virginia in 1945.
  • In the 1940s, 7.8% of reports described a cigar — the all-time rate is 2.5%.

Report

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