CaseDisk1974

Howard Beach, NY, USA

A report from Howard Beach, NY in May 1974 described a disk-shaped object sighted in broad daylight over Queens, lasting About 15 to 30 seconds.

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: 22s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (144 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1974-05-15
Where
Howard Beach, NY, USA
Shape
Disk
Duration
About 15 to 30 seconds
Geo
40.658, -73.836 · exact
Slug
disk-over-howard-beach-ny-1974-85a53c

In context

  • This is one of 2 reports logged in Howard Beach, NY.
  • This case is one of 14 New York reports filed in 1974.
  • Disk craft made up 22.6% of 1970s reports, vs 5.9% across the whole archive.

Report

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