UFOMYST
CaseCigar1978

Marshall, IL, USA

Silent blimp directly above us. No sound or movement or reason. Middle of nowhere. Totally strange.

Report quality: Moderate51/100

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: 1800s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (99 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1978-06-01
Where
Marshall, IL, USA
Shape
Cigar
Duration
30+ min
Geo
39.391, -87.694 · exact
Slug
cigar-over-marshall-il-1978-c75223
Wave

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In context

  • Marshall, IL has 2 sightings on file here.
  • 1978 brought 9 reports from Illinois.
  • The 1970s skewed 5.2% cigar reports; the archive-wide figure is 2.5%.

Report

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