CaseCigar1998
Phoenix, AZ, USA
appaeared as bright star in NE sky, elevation hand+thumb, remain stationary for over two hours, whitish in color, appeared elongated, h
Report quality: Moderate67/100
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
- Detailed witness text (135 characters)
- Location geocoded exactly
- 2 other reports from the same city within 3 days
- When
- 1998-05-29
- Where
- Phoenix, AZ, USA
- Shape
- Cigar
- Duration
- 2:30
- Geo
- 33.448, -112.074 · exact
- Slug
- cigar-over-phoenix-az-1998-362f43
Local cluster
Local cluster
This sighting is part of a small burst — 3 Phoenix, AZ reports filed in May 1998.
In context
- Phoenix, AZ shows up 741 times across the archive.
- 70 reports came from Arizona in 1998.
- In the 1990s, 2.3% of reports described a cigar — the all-time rate is 2.5%.
Nearby in space & time
within 30 daysReport
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