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‘UFO pioneer’ and outsider artist Dante Vaghi gets his day in the starlight at CT gallery
Witnesses
Unknown
Duration
Unknown
Source material
3
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 d9540a1e-9414-43a1-8a1e-dfab3b35f3f5.
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Correlations
Field Intelligence
Moon phase
91% illumination
Waxing gibbous — bright sky
Solar window
Weather
Open-MeteoArea activity
Meteor activity
Context notes
Full/near-full moon (91% illumination)
Quadrantids meteor shower was active at this time
Heavy cloud cover (100%) — limited visibility
Extracted details
Observed facts
Occurred
Jan 1, 2026, 12:00 AM
Timezone
Eastern Time
Location
Bethel
Witness account
Narrative
A late artist, UFO enthusiast and Connecticut small town character is being recognized 15 years after his death with a newly opened art show in Danbury. Vaghi’s belief began in 1950, when he claimed to see a large UFO above his Bethel shop, Vaghi Woodworking. That sighting was the spark that inspired decades of Vaghi’s model UFO recreations, drawings, T-shirts, and large, hand-painted signs that adorned his shop walls. After his initial sighting in 1950, Vaghi claimed to have seen 11 more UFO...
Case progression
Timeline
Witnesses place the encounter near Bethel.
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Ledger
Source material
media
Cover image
Visual reference carried with the original report.
source
Original report
Direct source material from r/UFOs.
telemetry
Environmental pass
Historical atmosphere, astronomy, and nearby infrastructure were resolved for this case.