CaseCigar1973

Los Alamos, NM, USA

Has anyone else reported a ufo over LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORIES around this time? I know of at least 2 others that saw it. It was

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 30s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (134 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1973-06-15
Where
Los Alamos, NM, USA
Shape
Cigar
Duration
30 sec.
Geo
35.888, -106.307 · exact
Slug
cigar-over-los-alamos-nm-1973-f35052
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1973

    The Great 1973 Flap

    United States, strongest in the Southeast and Midwest

    With Blue Book dead, the biggest post-war flap had no official landing place — reports went to police, press, and the new civilian networks (MUFON, founded 1969, came of age here). October 1973 delivered Pascagoula's…

In context

  • Los Alamos, NM shows up 10 times across the archive.
  • 4 reports came from New Mexico in 1973.
  • In the 1970s, 5.2% of reports described a cigar — the all-time rate is 2.5%.

Report

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