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Active leadUseful case file with unresolved ambiguity and room for more corroboration.

Highly credible cigar shaped UFO - 1972 - Canada

CigarSighting reportJan 1, 2026, 12:00 AMCanada

Witnesses

Unknown

Duration

Unknown

Source material

3

Timeline

2

Source context

Limited context

41

Interesting, but still missing stronger corroboration or harder source material.

Source provenance

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Live sighting record 681ff6b4-3c09-4775-ad53-ca4c4109d5b8.

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Correlations

Field Intelligence

Moon phase

91% illumination

Waxing gibbous — bright sky

Solar window

Sunrise9:26 AM
Sunset3:06 PM
Day length5h 40m

Weather

Open-Meteo
ConditionsOvercast
Temperature-34°F
Cloud cover84% · Overcast
Wind4 mph

Area activity

Within 2 daysNo sightings within 60 mi

Meteor activity

Active showerQuadrantids · 120 ZHR
Peak windowJan 3

Context notes

Full/near-full moon (91% illumination)

Quadrantids meteor shower was active at this time

Extracted details

Observed facts

Occurred

Jan 1, 2026, 12:00 AM

Timezone

Mountain Time

Location

Canada

Witness account

Narrative

submitted by /u/nordi1973

Case progression

Timeline

Encounter windowJan 1, 2026, 12:00 AM

Witnesses place the encounter near Canada.

PublishedAug 16, 2026, 6:51 PM

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Cover image

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Original report

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telemetry

Environmental pass

Historical atmosphere, astronomy, and nearby infrastructure were resolved for this case.