UFOMYST
CaseOther2004

Troy, KY, USA

A cloud like cigar shaped object - moved eastward over our heads and dissipated((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))

Report quality: Low35/100

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: 3600s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (79 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
  • NUFORC attached a skeptical explanation note (e.g. Venus, satellite, meteor)
When
2004-08-31
Where
Troy, KY, USA
Shape
Other
Duration
1 hour
Geo
37.910, -84.695 · exact
Slug
other-over-troy-ky-2004-31e557
Wave

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  • Historical wave2004

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In context

  • One of 1 documented reports from Troy, KY in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Kentucky logged 44 sightings in 2004.
  • Other sightings ran at 7.6% during the 2000s (archive average: 6.9%).

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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