CaseCigar1968
Quantico Marine Base, VA, USA
A Coast Guard duty controller reported a cigar-shaped object relayed by a duty radioman near Quantico Marine Base, Virginia, in July 1968, during an encounter lasting about two hours.
Report quality: Moderate49/100
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- Duration parsed: 7200s, a plausible sighting length
- Detailed witness text (183 characters)
- Location could not be geocoded
- No other reports from this city within 3 days
- When
- 1968-07-10
- Where
- Quantico Marine Base, VA, USA
- Shape
- Cigar
- Duration
- 2 hours
- Geo
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- Slug
- cigar-over-quantico-marine-base-va-1968-4f9e50
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In context
- This is one of 1 reports logged in Quantico Marine Base, VA.
- This case is one of 4 Virginia reports filed in 1968.
- Cigar craft made up 7% of 1960s reports, vs 2.5% across the whole archive.
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