UFOMYST
CaseCigar1997

New Albany, IN, USA

the ufo was trailing the air craft

Report quality: Moderate42/100

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
  • Brief witness text (34 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-06-18
Where
New Albany, IN, USA
Shape
Cigar
Duration
two to three seconds
Geo
38.286, -85.824 · exact
Slug
cigar-over-new-albany-in-1997-1119b1
Wave

Part of a wave

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In context

  • This is one of 22 reports logged in New Albany, IN.
  • This case is one of 20 Indiana reports filed in 1997.
  • Cigar craft made up 2.3% of 1990s reports, vs 2.5% across the whole archive.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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