200-ft rotating cigar stops a car at Port Jervis
On 25 November 2009 at Port Jervis, New York, a slowly rotating cigar-shaped object about 200 feet long with five lights passed over a car. The engine, phone and power windows died and then recovered. MUFON investigators working for BAASS measured the car with a tri-field meter, which pegged, while a control vehicle read normal, and they wrote that "Natural phenomenon was ruled out". The case is in BAASS's November 2009 report to DIA.
How plausible · High
A large rotating cigar stopped a car's systems, and investigators measured abnormal fields on that car against a control vehicle.
- ●●Access It passed directly over the car.
- ●●No gain sought Names withheld.
- ●●Checkable details check out DOW-UAP-D173 is released.
- ●●Physical traces or official reaction Tri-field meter pegged on the car versus a control vehicle.
- ●○Cost of speaking Reported to investigators.
- ●○Consistent over time Effects match the account.
Plausibility weighs how well an account fits where secrecy hides the documents by design, so missing records never count against it. Strength measures what is documented. Assessed 2026-10-24.
On the record
- BAASS November 2009 monthly report (DOW-UAP-D173).AAWSAP / AATIPHurt by UAP: the medical files
- Cigar about 200 ft, five lights, slow rotation.
- Engine, phone and windows failed and recovered.
- Tri-field meter pegged on the car vs. a control; "Natural phenomenon was ruled out".