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CaseCigar1978

Paramus (Route 4, eastbound lane), NJ, USA

I don't remember the exact date It happened. In 1978 when i was driving home to new york state. I was driving home on route 4 west when

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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: 510s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1978-05-24
Where
Paramus (Route 4, eastbound lane), NJ, USA
Shape
Cigar
Duration
7 to 10 minutes
Geo
40.945, -74.075 · exact
Slug
cigar-over-paramus-route-4-eastbound-lane-nj-1978-82e352
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In context

  • Paramus (Route 4, eastbound lane), NJ has 1 sightings on file here.
  • 1978 brought 9 reports from New Jersey.
  • The 1970s skewed 5.2% cigar reports; the archive-wide figure is 2.5%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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