CaseCircle2003

New York City (Astoria; Queens), NY, USA

Name: UFO sighting — New York City (Astoria; Queens), NY, USA
Start: 2003-02-23
Location: New York City (Astoria; Queens), NY, USA

I was out side smoking when I looked up and saw what I thought was a Large star. Then it started moving vast then very slow then not at

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: 3600s, a plausible sighting length
Detailed witness text (135 characters)
Location geocoded exactly
No other reports from this city within 3 days

When: 2003-02-23
Where: New York City (Astoria; Queens), NY, USA
Shape: Circle
Duration: About 1 Hr
Geo: 40.714, -74.006 · exact
Slug: circle-over-new-york-city-astoria-queens-ny-2003-99027e

In context

New York City (Astoria; Queens), NY shows up 4 times across the archive.
159 reports came from New York in 2003.
In the 2000s, 8.9% of reports described a circle — the all-time rate is 10.6%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Egg · New York City (Brooklyn), NY<1 km · 12d apart
Other · New York City (Bronx), NY<1 km · 24d apart
Unknown · New York City, NY<1 km · 30d apart

Report

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