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/u/LateForRaid
Cylinder/Cigar UFO sighted at Rhinelander, WI.
Witnesses
2 witnesses
Duration
Unknown
Source material
2
Timeline
2
Source context
Limited context
Interesting, but still missing stronger corroboration or harder source material.
Source provenance
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Live sighting record 4ae326a1-6852-4a3d-85ea-960bd63030a0.
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Correlations
Field Intelligence
Sunlight window
Daytime — sun above horizon
Sighting occurred during daylight hours
Solar window
Weather
Open-MeteoArea activity
Orbital traffic
Extracted details
Observed facts
Occurred
Apr 9, 2026, 12:40 PM
Timezone
Central Time
Location
Rhinelander, WI
Observers
2 witnesses
Witness account
Narrative
Time: 4/9/2026, 7:40 am Location: Rhinelander, WI. Highway 17 While driving my son to school in the morning of April 9th 2026 we spotted a cigar shaped UFO hovering about 300 yards from the Highway just over the tree line. My son, who is seven years old stated, "Dad there is an airplane hovering over there." At first I was just thought he was talking about a plane landing so I initially brushed off the comment. A few seconds later my son said, "It's still there!" I ended up looking to my left...
Case progression
Timeline
Witnesses place the encounter near Rhinelander, WI.
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Source material
source
Original report
Direct source material from r/UFOs.
telemetry
Environmental pass
Historical atmosphere, astronomy, and nearby infrastructure were resolved for this case.