UFOMYST
CaseCigar1997

Palm Springs, CA, USA

Cigar shaped craft in high heavens bewilders mother and son.

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: 10s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (60 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-08-24
Where
Palm Springs, CA, USA
Shape
Cigar
Duration
10 seconds
Geo
33.830, -116.545 · exact
Slug
cigar-over-palm-springs-ca-1997-16c2bd
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

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In context

  • This is one of 83 reports logged in Palm Springs, CA.
  • This case is one of 152 California 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

Report

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