Civilian reports · Source: NUFORC

UFO sightings in Poughkeepsie, New York

There are 4 civilian UFO sighting reports from Poughkeepsie, New York in the NUFORC data on this site, dated 1979 to 2009. That is 2% of the 214 reports from New York, the seventh most of any place in the state. The shapes witnesses reported most were boomerang (2), orb (1) and triangle (1).

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Sighting reports from Poughkeepsie

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17 Oct 2009 · 08:30Orb· 2 min
four lights expanding and then converging moving with me while I was driving...still visible outside
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23 Oct 2008 · 23:00Boomerang· 20 s
Very faint, reddish, V shaped object observed 20 seconds.
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13 Oct 2001 · 00:45Triangle· 45 min
Triangel in the sky
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10 Oct 1979 · 00:00Boomerang· 15 min
1/4 moon-like, its 'chord' or flat side parallel to horizon, bright orange-red glow, completely silent, no features.
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Reports are from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) public database: what members of the public said they saw, in their own words. Nobody has checked them, and most sightings have ordinary explanations.

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