UFOMYST
CaseCylinder1973

Huntsville, AL, USA

I and two other friends in May of 73 when we were in the military watched two C134'S and a jet aircraft force a saucer shaped vehicle t

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 2700s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1973-05-21
Where
Huntsville, AL, USA
Shape
Cylinder
Duration
45
Geo
34.730, -86.586 · exact
Slug
cylinder-over-huntsville-al-1973-0c0cbd
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1973

    The Great 1973 Flap

    United States, strongest in the Southeast and Midwest

    With Blue Book dead, the biggest post-war flap had no official landing place — reports went to police, press, and the new civilian networks (MUFON, founded 1969, came of age here). October 1973 delivered Pascagoula's…

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In context

  • Huntsville, AL has 81 sightings on file here.
  • 1973 brought 14 reports from Alabama.
  • The 1970s skewed 1.6% cylinder reports; the archive-wide figure is 1.6%.

Report

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