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Edmonton cigar

June 18, 1959, 9:30 p.m.
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Unresolved
Representative drawing from the Cigars page, not this specific sighting.
"brown, cigar-shaped"Shape words from the Project Blue Book summary

What happened

A brown cigar shape rose from below the horizon, close to the witnesses, to 40 or 50 degrees up in four minutes.

Witnesses

A. Cavelli and R. Blessin, using 7-power binoculars

Explanation

Unresolved

No explanation has been found.

Sources

  1. Patrick Gross, Project Blue Book unknowns of 1959ufologie.patrickgross.org
  2. The Black Vault, Project Blue Book unknown case files, complete listtheblackvault.com

Filed by Project Blue Book as unidentified.

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