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CaseCigar1966

Garden City, MI, USA

Witnesses in Garden City, Michigan, near Detroit, reported a cigar-shaped object described as football-shaped during a brief sighting lasting five to seven seconds in August 1966.

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 6s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (179 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1966-08-01
Where
Garden City, MI, USA
Shape
Cigar
Duration
5-7 seconds
Geo
42.326, -83.331 · exact
Slug
cigar-over-garden-city-mi-1966-cc9ffc
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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

  • This is one of 13 reports logged in Garden City, MI.
  • This case is one of 18 Michigan reports filed in 1966.
  • Cigar craft made up 7% of 1960s reports, vs 2.5% across the whole archive.

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