UFOMYST
CaseCylinder1977

Great Neck, NY, USA

When I was a child, I witnessed shiney gold cylinders in the sky. The sky was very clear; not a cloud in the sky. The objects were fl

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 1800s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (133 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1977-01-01
Where
Great Neck, NY, USA
Shape
Cylinder
Duration
30 minutes
Geo
40.801, -73.728 · exact
Slug
cylinder-over-great-neck-ny-1977-4cb055
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1977–1978

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In context

  • Great Neck, NY has 3 sightings on file here.
  • 1977 brought 17 reports from New York.
  • The 1970s skewed 1.6% cylinder reports; the archive-wide figure is 1.6%.

Report

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