CaseCylinder1988
Gallup (~10 miles west of on I-40), NM, USA
Driving west on I-40 just after dark, saw lights strobing over median of hwy. Thought it might be a helicopter, but there was no noise
Report quality: Moderate55/100
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- Duration parsed: 60s, a plausible sighting length
- Detailed witness text (134 characters)
- Location geocoded exactly
- No other reports from this city within 3 days
- When
- 1988-03-15
- Where
- Gallup (~10 miles west of on I-40), NM, USA
- Shape
- Cylinder
- Duration
- 1 minute
- Geo
- 35.528, -108.743 · exact
- Slug
- cylinder-over-gallup-10-miles-west-of-on-i-40-nm-1988-15a0be
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In context
- This is one of 1 reports logged in Gallup (~10 miles west of on I-40), NM.
- This case is one of 8 New Mexico reports filed in 1988.
- Cylinder craft made up 2% of 1980s reports, vs 1.6% across the whole archive.
Report
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