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CaseTeardrop1967

Ellsworth, ME, USA

Witnesses in Ellsworth, Maine, reported a silent, teardrop-shaped object with a sectional front end during a five-minute sighting in August 1967.

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 300s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (145 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1967-08-15
Where
Ellsworth, ME, USA
Shape
Teardrop
Duration
5 minutes
Geo
44.543, -68.419 · exact
Slug
teardrop-over-ellsworth-me-1967-460b71
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  • Historical wave1965–1967

    The Mid-Sixties Wave

    United States (nationwide), with strong echoes in South America and Australia

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In context

  • Ellsworth, ME shows up 12 times across the archive.
  • 7 reports came from Maine in 1967.
  • In the 1960s, 0.3% of reports described a teardrop — the all-time rate is 0.9%.

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