All Reported UFO Sightings in Newtown, Connecticut

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Elongated white light moving slowly or not at all, which then also displayed a series of colored lights in a line as I got closer. I was driving tonight (very clear night) with Google map guidance and in a hurry to a destination I was not familiar with. If I had seen a place to pull over, I would have tried to get video or photos on my iPhone.

I could not, so here is the story and a link to the best drawing I can come up with. I was in a hurry to pick up one of my kids, so I made mental notes and made the image about 4 hours later. Dark but clear night and I was driving northeast.

I pretty much always look for UFOs but rarely see them. I saw normal air traffic and some stars, but then I also saw an elongated solid white light – like a white hyphen on a black screen instead of the “period” that a star or distant aircraft normally looks like. It looked similar to the way stars look to me in the corner of my eye when I need a new glasses prescription, but my prescription is up to date and I could other aircraft that did look like normal dots.

This flying hyphen was maybe slightly oblique, maybe more like an illuminated piece of orzo pasta. It was up and to the left of in my field of vision through the windshield, and it did not appear to be moving (or really slowly?). I watched it for a good 45 to 60 seconds but having to take my eyes back to the road intermittently.

I do this all the time whenever I see lights and, eventually, the airplane I am looking at turns and I can see it is moving, etc., and I know exactly what I’m looking at. So, as usual, I kept assuming I was looking at a normal aircraft at a weird angle — like coming toward me at like a 45-degree angle or something — and that, at any moment, it would turn and I would see its beacon lights, etc.

But remained solid white. Until I approached an intersection where I needed to make a left turn. I was closer to it now, so it was bigger in my field of view.

Now, I did finally see blinking or moving lights, but they have the pattern of normal beacon or navigation lights. My car was moving almost the entire time I was watching it. Now, for about two seconds when I had to stop briefly to make the left turn did I get to see this light/object while not in motion myself.

Even then, it didn’t appear to be moving to the left or right. I can’t say for sure it was not moving slowly toward or away from me. Anyway, now, superimposed in front of the illuminated white orzo was a line of colored “period” lights.

At least three, maybe as many as five. I didn’t have time to gawk long, let alone count. I was startled to see them at all because until this point, I had seen only one solid white light.

I’m not sure if I was now seeing the colored lights now because I was closer or if they just “turned on” at that time. I think maybe the latter but that is a guess. No idea on distance.

Could have been 1,000 feet up and away from me or a mile or two. So that means I have no idea of size. It is a very clear night tonight but it was pitch dark so I couldn’t see anything for scale.

My gut tells me it was somewhere between 15 feet and 30 feet long but that’s a huge guess. There were, red and blue lights in a line They were either strobing quickly at different intervals or possibly moving laterally, like a line of lights on a blimp. I had to keep my eyes on the road and take the left at the intersection, so I can’t tell exactly.

I only know they were not static. They were sparkling on/off or moving. I had to make my left and so I passed and lost sight of it.

At this point I only had about 200 feet to my destination. I went into a school parking lot and picked up my daughter, and within about five minutes was back at the same intersection, with my daughter driving and me as a passenger. But I didn’t see it again.

I really tend to think I did not see an extraterrestrial craft tonight, but I did not get drone vibes and I just can’t figure out what I saw. This is my third sighting of something I could not identify in 30 years. Sketch: https://i.

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Saw a bright white burning object falling from sky to the ground from my car as I was travelling east on 84 it was "crashing." Saw a bright white burning object falling from sky to the ground from my car as I was travelling east on 84 it was "crashing" downward towards the ground to rhe left hand area of the highway.

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Hovering object above tree line, definitely not a plane or drone, very large. One hovering object above the swamp at the corner of Judd Road and Hattertown Road. It was hovering over one place, moved slightly to the right then proceeded forward heading northeast.

The object was just above the tree line, with multiple lights on it. I was on my way home from a meeting, and only a few minutes from my house when I noticed the lights and originally thought it was a cell phone tower I had never noticed before, and slowed down and stopped when I noticed that it was in fact moving. I did not open the car windows or get out to try and listen for any noise.

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Hovering, flickering light in the sky that moved erratically I came home around 3:20AM, parked my car and went up to bed. The blinds were open and I was lying there, looking out the window. The clouds were low on the horizon, over the tree line and only to the right of my view.

The rest of the sky was black and the stars were visible. Off to my left, over the tree line and definitely very far off, I saw a round orb of bright light that seemed to hover, flicker and change color. I thought it was just a pretty star until it moved up and to the left.

I continued watching it and it would hover in one place, then move slowly, almost lazily, in an erratic pattern but staying in the same general area. I know it was moving because at one point, it dipped below the tree line and I could still see it's brightness through the branches, then it would reappear above the tree line. The light was bright and orb-shaped with a flickering quality to it.

It seemed to change colors, but as if it was covered with several different lights - like a Christmas tree. It would also fade and disappear completely and then reappear. Again, there was no cloud cover in that part of the sky and I could clearly see the stars out.

This continued for 40 minutes and the light seemed to hover and move erratically in the same general area. I wanted to get a camera or something, but I was too afraid. I will look for it again and try to get some video or pictures of it.

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On 7/13/11 at approximatly 8:30 PM while cruising on Lake Zoar, eight responsible adults saw at least seven cylindrical metallic craft gliding across the sky in a northeast direction. There were no lights, wings or sound. They were approximatly 4500' high.

The sky was clear with a full moon rising. We watched them for roughly 20 minutes flying single file spaced intermittantly apart. What caught our attention was the closness some were flying together.

The setting sun shined off a metallic body, they did not glow. Calls to the local police and Oxford airport resulted in no reports dispite the duration and number of craft. A prop driven aircraft appeared to be following the last object.

What were they?.

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5 lights 4 white 1 red rectangle I was in my car driving home at 1:30am, north bound on poverty hollow road about 2 or three miles from hatter town road. At first I thought it was a plane just flying past but the issue was it was moving to slow and it had NO flashers or port/starboard indicators(green/red). The craft was comprised of 5 lights in total, 4 white/yellow on the 4 corners and a red on in the center.

I am about 50% sure this was possibly a helicopters however there was no significant noise of a rotary blade and not a single flasher or navigation related light. The craft craft was moving at about 1.5x my velocity(30 to 40mph) in terms of angle it was only gaining a couple of degrees on my sight as I moved north north west.

What struck me as odd was when it banked over to the east it moves rather gracefully and again I got a good solid look at it to confirmed the lack of general aviation lights. It was also a good indication that if it was a private aircraft it would have been flying rather low, 2k feat at best. other wise it would have had to have a large wing span if was indeed at higher altitudes.

given its observ! ed attributes and movement I was shocked at the lack of noise. and the paradox between observed movement and luminary characteristics. Again it could have just been an air plane but I have seen so many over the years this one just didn't make sense.

I play a lot of video games and some of them are 3d flying games and also 3d space type games so judging angular velocity is a skill I have, this object defied many of the general definitions I have for normal air craft. It didn't move in a way that caused alarm but the combination of the lights and lack of flashers and indicators along with its graceful back was cause for concern.

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bright star like light, shoots across sky, changes directions and then vanishes. A bright light in the sky caught my attention, it appeared to be a star but a little larger and brighter, it proceeded to cross the sky for about 3 seconds at a pace much faster then a plane, but slower than a shooting star, it then quickly changed direction and vanished into the night, leaving a trail of light behind it. I have never seen anything like this.

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Light object with red, green, and golden lights changing shape in the Southeastern sky in Newtown, Connecticut. I was on my back deck when I noticed a circular object in the Southeastern sky with red and green strobe lights. It appeared to be a couple of miles away at a 20º angle.

At first glance, I thought it was a plane, but when it didn’t move, I got my binoculars for a better look. What I saw was remarkable. To the naked eye, it appeared that it was an object with lights on it and was stationary.

When I looked at it through the binoculars, I saw an object, made of red, green, and golden lights. They jumped around and changed shapes. At first it was circular, then elongated, then it stretched from side to side, then it extended into an arch, zig zagging, spiraling.

Back and forth the lights changed shapes. I wondered at that point if my hands were shaking causing this to happen, so I steadied my arms on the deck railing. The lights continued to transform into all different shapes.

What was interesting was that the lights were very bright, almost neon in nature. I called for my husband to take a look, and he was perplexed as to what it might be. I don’t know what we saw last night, but it was extraordinary.

We watched this for about five minutes, then the clouds rolled in obscuring our view. ((NUFORC Note: We suspect that the witness may have been observing the star, Antares, which is in the SE sky, currently, at approximately 20 degrees angle of elevation. PD)).

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Object is still there, it moves up and down appears to be turning around can only see with our eyes dont have any equipment for closer inspection. Thank you ((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD)).

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Bright round metalic object, so fast that I know it was no plane. (Lighting speed) it was disturbing to me. Today January 6, 2007 at approx 12:40 pm while on break from my job in southwestern Connecticut, (today is sunny and 68*) I had heard a jet plane.

Looking in the west sky I saw a large passanger jet, I then out of my left eye, what I thouth to be a milar balloon due to the sun hitting it just right saw a round metalic object from the south it moved so fast that as quickly as I saw it fly in a northern direction. HIS WAS NOT A PLANE! Its speed was that of which I have NEVER seen any other aircraft's, just for the record I have never before used this or anyother website to report a UFO. This is the first and last time I hope to ever see one again.

I do wonder if anyone elese saw the UFO I am reporting.

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light blue blinking light above highway, turns into bigger object as i get off highway 84 east exit 11 Around 5:55pm - 6:11pm I was traveling on highway 84 east from exit 9-11. as i got onto highway 84 east from exit 9 to go to newtown high located at exit 11 i noticed the moon off to the distance. it was very bright and big almost a full moon.

In the moon light to the left of the moon i noticed a jet steak, the jet streak was vertical not horizantal. At this point i knew something was up i thought how can an airplane travel like that? as i was traveling closer to exit 10 to the right of the moon away from the moon light i saw a light blue blinking light in the sky with a smaller light to the right of it, the color of the smaller non blinking light was either light blue or red. the lights were not moving they were staying still in the sky.

the blinking light blue light reminded me of a camera flash, it was blinking every 2-3 secs. after i passed exit 10 and getting closer to exit 11 i was noticing that it was still not moving and i was about to travel under the lights i then started freaking out not knowing what would happen if i traveled under this object. as i merged onto exit 11 i did not see the lights anymore because i was traveling under them.

once i got to the red traffic light at exit 11 about to turn right with 4 or 5 cars in front of me and several behind me i took a moment to look around and to the right in the distance out of the front passenger window i noticed the moon and the jet streak in the moon light. i then leaned toward the windshield over the steering wheel and looked up and towards the right of my car by where the park and ride at exit 11 is, i saw the bottom of the object. the bottom looked like a car grill or a grill you can cook off of, there were 3 or 4 lines and in between the lines were yellow lights.

the object was bigger because it was at a diffrent hieght than it was when it was above the highway. after what i saw i started freaking out again the traffic light was still red and i was waiting in fear for it to turn green. once i parked at school i looked at ! the moon again but i could not find the vertical jet streak.

or the object where i saw it before. that was the last time i saw it. now when i look at the sky i always think that a star is moving or a cloud by the moon light is that jet stream i have become very paranoid and i always travel with my camera for evidence.

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Classic cartoon flying saucer over Newtown woods The object appeared hovering at a 45 degree angle above the woods behind my house. Not sure how high up the craft was but the trees are about 30 feet high. From my point of vision, the craft was about 2 inches across.

The craft was shaped like a classic cartoon flying saucer -- round with colored lights all around it and a bubble shape on top. It appeared silver. It was silent and still for several seconds while the orange, red, yellow, and green square-shaped lights circled around it.

It is unclear if the craft itself was spinning. I looked away and it was gone.

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Sighting over Southern Newtown, CT At 2320 on 9/5 I heard something in the house which caused me to investigate. After searching and on my way to bed, I looked out my front door window which looks down the street. I immediately noticed an exceptionally bright light 2000-3000 feet high and approximately 5 miles away.

I thought this was an aircraft, which have holding patterns over this part of Connecticut. I continued looking because the light was so bright I wondered what type of aircraft it could be. The light was at least 20 times brighter than an aircraft's landing light.

The object then starting moving up and down, mimicing an oscilliscope wave. My binoculars were 10 feet away and I ran to get them. Upon returning to the window and before I could get the binoculars out of the case the object moved straight up (maybe 5 degrees off of vertical) at a speed that was so incredibly fast I knew it was no aircraft.

It also left, only for a few milliseconds, a white phosphorous trail that had to be at least 10,000 feet long. It then disappeared into the CLEAR night.

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Strange craft appeared in sky , then zoomed away I was walking in my basement one night and looked out of my sliding glass door.There was a strange shape out right over the trees , I estimate 300 yards away.It was a fat teardrop , sort of like the craft from independance day (I saw that movie 4 months AFTER the sighting).

I thought it was a helicopter at first , then opened the door and heard nothing.I had seen helicopters from that distance before and heard them , loud and clear , so I knew it was either a silent , new helicopter ,or an alien space craft.Then a blue aurora surrounded the object and 2 white lights turned on , on the sides of the craft.

Then it shot off on a very odd , diagnol angle, at an INCREDIBLE speed.

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I was walking in my basement and I looked outside. About 300 yards away hovering right over the trees in my back yard was a strange shape. it was a FAT tear drop , kind of like the space craft in independance day (I saw the movie 4 months LATER)It hovered for a while and I thought it was a helicopter at first , but I opened the door and I heard nothing.

I have seen ALOT of helicopters even farther away and heard them.So I knew it was either a new , silent helicopter , or a UFO.Then , things started getting wierd , a strange blue aurora surrounded it and 2 lights , one red and one green , they went from opposite sides and hit each other , probably an antimatter reaction,then it sent out a beam and went into an orb formed by it.

Finally it sped off in the orb so fast and at such a strange angle I was mezmorized. ((NUFORC Note: Witness would have been in the second grade at the time of the sighting. PD)).

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Man & wife witness two sightings of an obj. moving across sky very fast.

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meteor like object about 20 feet from us To whom it may concern, For many years I have told the story of a UFO which approached me when I was 5 or 6 years old. No one has taken me seriously because I was so young and could not recall the exact year though I know it was 1975 0r 1976. I remember it was 8pm and my brother and I were having a stick fight (like a sword duel) outside of the house when my Mother (now deceased) went into the house.

While we were playing I noticed a light in the sky and pointed it out to my brother. Within a blink of an eye it was close to 200 feet away from our road and then it dipped down and hovered over our driveway in front of us. Now it was about 20 feet away from us and it looked like a meteor with craters and it changed from orange to white then to red.

It was about the size of a volkswagen bug. It hovered there for a couple minutes and made no sound, absolutely silent. I asked my brother what it was and he said he didn't know.

My brother was 7 or 8 years old at the time, but I recall the UFO better than him. I asked my brother, what if aliens come out of it? That's when we ran to our door which seemed to be locked. My Mom opened the door and said it wasn't locked.

We never saw the UFO again but I recall not getting much sleep that night. Years later I looked in the Newtown Bee (a local newspaper) for articles about it, because others had been witnessing UFOs at the same time, I came up empty handed. I knew it was in the paper because my Mom told my brother and I that it was published.

I know I don't recall dates and ages well but the UFO itself was real and I remember it like it was yesterday. I hope this helps others who may have witnessed the same object in Newtown. I know it WASN'T a meteor because it would have made quite an impact in our driveway.

I now live in a different location not too far from the incident.