CaseLight1955
Rhinebeck, NY, USA
A witness in Rhinebeck, New York reported a distant, star-like point of light rising slowly over the treeline from the southwest before stopping, observed for about 40 minutes in October 1955.
Report quality: Moderate55/100
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- Duration parsed: 2400s, a plausible sighting length
- Detailed witness text (192 characters)
- Location geocoded exactly
- No other reports from this city within 3 days
- When
- 1955-10-15
- Where
- Rhinebeck, NY, USA
- Shape
- Light
- Duration
- 40 minutes
- Geo
- 41.927, -73.913 · exact
- Slug
- light-over-rhinebeck-ny-1955-47cbc6
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In context
- Rhinebeck, NY shows up 6 times across the archive.
- 2 reports came from New York in 1955.
- In the 1950s, 11.5% of reports described a light — the all-time rate is 20.3%.
Report
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