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CaseCylinder2015

Manchester, IA, USA

4 witnesses to what first appeared to be a star in the west sky. The bright light then started moving alarmingly fast in a west to east

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 60s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2015-04-27
Where
Manchester, IA, USA
Shape
Cylinder
Duration
1 minute
Geo
42.484, -91.455 · exact
Slug
cylinder-over-manchester-ia-2015-1ca40b
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In context

  • Manchester, IA shows up 2 times across the archive.
  • 47 reports came from Iowa in 2015.
  • In the 2010s, 1.5% of reports described a cylinder — the all-time rate is 1.6%.

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