UFOMYST
CaseRectangle1978

Avon, CT, USA

Driving early AM in Avon Ct. I spotted an object fifty feet in the air as large as a house.

Report quality: Moderate51/100

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: 600s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (91 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1978-08-30
Where
Avon, CT, USA
Shape
Rectangle
Duration
10 Minutes
Geo
41.810, -72.831 · exact
Slug
rectangle-over-avon-ct-1978-25a551
Wave

Part of a wave

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In context

  • This is one of 8 reports logged in Avon, CT.
  • This case is one of 4 Connecticut reports filed in 1978.
  • Rectangle craft made up 2.3% of 1970s reports, vs 1.7% across the whole archive.

Report

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