UFOMYST
CaseCigar1947

Syracuse, NY, USA

WHILE LOOKING OUT THE SECOND STORY WINDOW OF HIAWATHA COTTAGE AT ELMCREST CHILDREN'S CENTER I SAW A BIG (200 FT.?) CIGAR SHAPED CRAFT O

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: 900s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1947-07-14
Where
Syracuse, NY, USA
Shape
Cigar
Duration
15 minutes
Geo
43.048, -76.147 · exact
Slug
cigar-over-syracuse-ny-1947-d8d608
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1947

    The Summer of the Saucers

    United States (nationwide within two weeks of Arnold)

    Kenneth Arnold's June 24 sighting near Mt. Rainier — nine crescent objects 'skipping like saucers' — was misrendered by the press as 'flying saucers', and within days America saw them everywhere. On July 8, Roswell Army…

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In context

  • This is one of 86 reports logged in Syracuse, NY.
  • This case is one of 3 New York reports filed in 1947.
  • Cigar craft made up 7.8% of 1940s reports, vs 2.5% across the whole archive.

Report

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