First-hand Bigfoot Society EP 1019

UFO sighting in New York (1987)

1987–1988 dusk New York

Account

While at a lake with family near dusk, the group notices a large tubular cigar-shaped craft close enough to see square windows and multicolored lights. The object vanishes quickly. The family discusses it afterward and leaves the lakeshore.

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Date
1987–1988
Stated Bigfoot Society EP 1019 · transcript:00:31:02-00:33:03 · read with 70% confidence
Time of day
dusk
Stated Bigfoot Society EP 1019 · transcript:00:31:02-00:33:03
Place
New York
Stated Bigfoot Society EP 1019 · transcript:00:31:02-00:33:03
Map point
42.7788, -76.9498 (± 5 km)
Geocoded Bigfoot Society EP 1019 · gnis:974079 · read with 45% confidence
USGS GNIS lake 'Seneca Lake', Seneca, matched from place name 'Seneca Lake'
Account type
First-hand
Stated Bigfoot Society EP 1019 · transcript:00:31:02-00:33:03
Witness was
collecting fossils and watching sky at dusk
Stated Bigfoot Society EP 1019 · transcript:00:31:02-00:33:03
Witness's word for it
big, huge tube, ular cigar shaped UFO
Stated Bigfoot Society EP 1019 · transcript:00:31:02-00:33:03
Creature
UFO / lights
Derived Bigfoot Society EP 1019 · transcript:00:31:02-00:33:03 · read with 80% confidence

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  1. Bigfoot Society EP 1019 Podcast Interview
    Published 2026-01-19 Retrieved 2026-09-29 Version 1 Listen from 0:31:02 (account ends about 0:33:03) Hash f3930ba9bdcf
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