Massachusetts UFO Sightings in 2002

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Braintree light in morning sky I saw this light in the sky early in the morning as I was driving on rt 95 to rt 3 through the Braintree area. The object was pink at first then changed to white. slow moving throught the sky.

I am wondering if anyone else witnessed this.… ((NUFORC Note: We suspect the witness may have witnessed contrails, being illuminated in the eastern sky. PD)).

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lights moving at constant speed east to west with stars moving slower behind them presume due to moon angle and clouds, but for a ren minute period the sky was alite with objects not stars moving east to west a constant but quick not fast rate, these were not stars ? satillites, ?? are there that many up there. clearly the objects had stars behind them that were stationary apearing ((NUFORC Note: Satellites generally do not have a westerly component to their groundtrack. PD)).

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Glowing boomerang shaped object, hovering for 2 1/2 minutes I saw a craft shaped like a boomerang and it was hovering about 100 feet above the tree tops. It was a glowing pale orange-yellow. The only color that I can think of that comes close is the color of a flame.

The color seemed to have a fluid movement like when looking at a flame too. I was in my car and came upon this object, and I stoped the car to look at it. It stayed there for about two and a half minutes and then just seemed to blink out.

Just like some one turning off a light. This is not the first time that I have seen strange things in the sky, but this was the first time that I had fear in my heart over it. There was no reason that I could understand, for the feelings of fear, but the feeling was there just the same.

A great deal of fear. This object made no sound at all. I don't remember the exact date, but I do know it was about 7 to 9 days before christmas.

((NUFORC Note: Date is approximate. PD)).

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Hello my name is ((name deleted)) and I would like to report a ufo sighting. Your online reporting form would not come up on my computer. This event took place on December 9, 2002 at ~5:15am eastern standard time in Monson, MA.

The object was small but very bright and all I could see was a white, round glowing light. When I first saw it I was looking east. Then the object moved slowly to the south.

It appeared to move ~3 inches ~every 5 minutes. It was moving much more slowly than any airplane I have ever seen. And I have never seen this kind of bright object before.

There are three other people with me at that time and they also have never seen anything like it before. I would particularly like to know if anyone else has reported this sighting. Thank You, (name deleted)).

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Moving star-like lights witnessed in early AM in sky over ruran massachusetts town I awoke from sleep early sunday morning and noticed what thought was a satilite crossing the sky through my bedroom window. I noticed it changed direction several times and continued to observed it for several minutes. I awoke my parents from sleep to bring it to their attention.

After going out side i noticed several more spread across the whole horizon. They where noticably larger than stars. I watched them outside for a while and walked over to a neighbor who was up early preparing for a hunting trip to bring it to his attention as well.

I observed sudden and fluid movments - darting, changing direction suddenly and circulare, and also moments of no movment. Also observed was one light that was considerably closer and lower elevation just off the horizon. The light from this was considerably more bright than the others, however movment from this one was limited.

Additionally there seemed to be secondary lights of much higher elevation than all the others which had a redish hue to them, these lights seemed to be comparable in size and intensity to ambient stars and little movment was noticed of these. I called some local friends over to my house who observed these with me into the early morning and sun rise. After a time of observing - still durring the nite, a got a flash light from my house and flashed at the closest object as well as the others in math matical pratterns and progressions; 1, 2, 3 flashes etc, also in series of square roots, and prime numbers, etc.

After i had flashed for somtime movment from the objects slowed considerably and eventually haulted compleatly. The objects appeared to grow farther in distance untill they were hardly disernable from other stars and faded into the sky with the sun rise. I attempted to persue the closest object in a truck with 3 of my friends by traveling country roads but the oject never appeared to get any closer.

As the sun rose all of the other objects faded into the sky and even the largest object vanished into the morning sky as a faint silver spec.

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It was 10 o' clock on the night of november 28th. I was driving down the empty street when i saw a bright hazy light. I suddenly got out of my car and stared up at it.

The object stayed still in the sky before it started to leave my sight. No other witnesses that are known except 2 year old brother (birth date 11/12/00). Also there was my best friend 22.

when i went tried to call the police on my car phone, it went dead, along with eveything else that was on in my car. ((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous. PD)).

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Triangular shaped lights crossing the sky in MA on Thanksgiving night 2002 A "triangular" shape appeared about 4:00 am which was lit with bright blinking white/yellow lights. This shape moved north with it's lights completely outlining this triangular shape - (much like the shape that Canadian geese form) - and then turned East. As it turned east, some of the outlining lights were dimmed, and the craft then hovered and lowered itself past the tree line.

We are located on a hill and have a vast view of the valley behind us - this sequence was fully viewed as the night sky was incredibly clear. It moved very slowly and the lights repeated a very set pattern.they were not random.

any other sightings of this? We would love to hear that otheres witnessed this in this area. ((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD)).

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((NUFORC Note: We suspect the following report may be based on a "sighting" of the star, Sirius. However, that is only a guess. PD)) I have on film an unexplained large,odd shaped ,colorful object in the night sky.

First let me tell you , We are not nuts, We are very sane normal everyday people. With better things to do with our time than to watch things in the sky. Especialy 4:00 in the morning.

I actualy feel stupid tell you about this. At First We thought it was a plane coming at us . That what we were seing was the headlights.

I was up getting a drink of water. And my kitchin sink window faces the back yard Where my garage is. Up over the garage in the sky was this really huge light.

Larger than any star I've ever saw. I called my husband to see. Even he couldn't figure out what it was.

We both tried very hard to analize rationaly what we were looking at. "North Star? " ruled that out ,it was getting closer and seamed to be moving. " Headlights of a plane ? " ruled that out, usualy after a few moments the plane would turn and you could identify it plus it would have a blinking light on it , which it did not, and it never revealed itself to be one.

It was a VERY clear night. Other stars were out. This was 10 x's or so larger than other stars.

I told my husband we better film this. I acutarly had to sit in my kitchen sink in order to steady my hand and take the film. I tried real hard to zoom in on it , to get a better look at what it was.

We still tried to believe it was just a really bright star. We even had to rule out a commit, because there should have been a tail. Every time I tried to zoom in on it , it would dissapear from my lense.

And I couldn't figure out why that was. So instead of just zooming right in { I Have a very powerful zoom in movie camera} I would tap on the zoom . I got in pretty close.

This is when my husband and I were really confused. It was changing colors. It would be a bright neon green on the outside and red on the inside.

It kept pulsing { getting bigger than smaller] in and out. We just figured that was the automatic focus. This would occur if the object in the lense was moving.

So it would automaticly re-focus. I did not have a tripod to steady it. So we just thought this would! be that my hand was shaky.

It was completly round. When it pulsed bigger. This is when you would see the red center.

Than when it pulsed back it would turn to its bright white. Eventualy it started going behind a tree. I then moved into my bedroom window where I could see if I could get a better view.

This was better, Also because I could set the camera down on the window sill and it would stay in focus and we could see if it was my shaky hands moving or the object. WELL. this was incredible.

I got a better view and was able to zoom in VERY GOOD. This object kept going out of my view frame. Telling me that IT was moving and not me.

And it had change shape. Stars don't do this. It changed to the shape of a , "Get this" a CHristmas Bulb.

Sounds strange but I do Have it on film. It had two white rings around the center, that were very close to it and each other. It Appeared to have a smaller ring in the center and off the small ring went four bars like an x.

The top had gotten flat. It was purple in a perfectly shaped window at the top part that was square. The rest was round underneith.

Also I forgot to mention. When we were in the kitchen window it got flat on top, then it changed to flat on the left side of it. In my video after viewing it on my tv.

You could see the gararge too. Which gives you an idea of how large it looked to us. I kept filming hoping IF it was a UFO.

That I wanted to get it on film taking off. But My battery ran dead on my camera, And I had to get up early to put my turkey in the oven. So I just gave up and went to sleep.

If anyone thinks this is just a bright star. Please let me know. We are really puzzled.

We want to know what it was. Usualy if a planet is going to be really close and really bright they let you know on the news so you can watch it. Well I havent heard of anything.

I WANNA KNOW WHAT IT WAS.

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Lights were at brief and bright. On 11-16-02 I witnessed 2 bright white lights approx: 10 feet apart,similiar to aircraft landing lights,approx: 100 to 200 feet off the surface. The area is a partially wooded partially open ground for approx: 10 square miles except for the road.

No structures in that specific area. I saw them as I stopped at the junction of route 49 and route 9. From the time it tyokk to make the 90 degree left hand turn they disappeared.

I was an aircraft crew chief in the U.S.A.

F. And familiar with the approach and landing of all types of aircraft. I am very familiar of the area that this event took place and know there is airport of any kind in the immediate area.

The night was almost unlimited visability.

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My wife and I saw a strange object that looked like a diamond in the sky. On Friday night my wife and I were coming home from a movie. We were on Winn St in Woburn MA when my wife pointed out a strange object that appeared to be shaped like a diamond in the sky.

The Light's on each corner appeared to change color several times. My wife and I pulled over to the side of the road to oberve it further where it hovered for several minutes before streaking off into the far horizon out of our sight. From being in the military the object wss like nothing I have ever seen.

I belive this information would be usefull to your site. ((NUFORC Note: The twinkling star, Sirius, is in the northeastern sky at this time of year. That would be the first possibility that we feel should be ruled out.

PD)).

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Looked like falling star or ball of light, but as it turned another light seemed to be bright white with hues of red At first, I thought it was a really bright star, and then it seemed as if it were a falling star or a ball of light, because it seemed to have a slight tail of light behind it. It straightend it self out and moved slowly in my direction with the light starting to dim. I listened for a sound like that of a helicopter or plane but their wasn't any noise at all.

It moved as if it were an "underwater robot probe". Then made a SHARP, perfect right turn, at this point their was another big (round) light on the back side, and you could see that thier was a black silhouett shape to it, and the light seemed to be somewhat white with hues of red flashing like a fireball but again it moved so metodically. I ran from one room th the other to see if I could catch it on the opposit side of the house when I did see it, it was still moving as if probing and I watched it with the lights and no sound move further away but the the light sort of dimmed and went out.

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Ovoid , brightly lit unidentified flying object seen near Massachusetts city. An ovoid, glowing form was seen from the top floor of a multi-story home. I(observer)noticed it when lights in room were turned out after sweeping room.

It hovered over the trees in a W-SWesterly direction. It was highly lit, more bright around the circumfrence than the center. After several seconds it moved horizontally in an exact line, at a moderatly slow pace, then hovering to a stop behind trees where I could only see silouettes of its light through the branches.

I then attemped to follow the object on foot, but not seeing it asked around in some stores near a local parkway about a blimp. No one else saw the object, but I then took a running path around a resevior, and I briefly saw it over the trees, but it then moved out of sight and I was unable to follow it further. ((NUFORC Note: Date is approximate.

PD)).

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Daylight sighting of High Altitude Light While I was sitting on my back porch reading, a low flying Lufthansa aircraft caught my attention and I looked up to watch as it flew overhead. Above the Lufthansa which was banking northward toward Logan Intn Airport from the east, was another, higher altitude aircraft heading in an easterly direction. Farther up, above the higher aircraft I noticed what appeared to be an orange light.

It wasn't much more than a speck in the sky and I'm amazed I had even spotted it. It was very high up but seemed to be reflecting the sun's light making it appear as an orange light. The sun was on it's way down but the sky was still bright.

Nothing was giving off that orange glow when the sun is setting, not even the higher altitude jet-liner which was just white(no vapor trail). The light appeared to just be hovering. I sat and watched for maybe 30 seconds when I had decided to run in the house and grab my 30X Spotting Scope and alert my brother to what I was looking at.

We both got outside and the light was still at the same spot in the sky. As I tried to get a better look at it with the Spotting Scope, it began to slowly move NNW which caused me to have to jump of the back porch to keep it in my sight as I feared it would go behind the tree overhead. My brother was having a bitch of a time spotting this thing by the way.

As I wormed my way through off the deck, the object stopped just at the edge of the leaves of the tree, luckily, since I was nearly pressed up against the house trying to get the thing in my scope. Once it stopped, I managed to get it in my scope and saw it to be a cylindrical object, orange in color, possibly from the sun reflecting off of it. At this time I had my brother jump of the deck as well and used the leaves as a reference point for him to look and then he finally caught sight of it.

Seconds later, it slowly drifted off to the NNW and dissapeared behind the tree. I ran out to the front yard but failed to find it again. I was thinking it to be possibly the International Space Station but, to my knowledge, the Space Station doesn't stop then move on again,,,does it? Would it even be possible to see the Station during daylight hours? ((NUFORC Note: Time and date are approximate.

The ISS is sometimes visible during evening hours, but it does not stop. PD)).

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There were lights flashing at it vertices. The ufo we witnesed was unbelivable. We even got it on a camcorder.

The shape of the object was triangler and had lights flashing at its vertices. It was also going in a pattern were it would go fast and slow down.

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Gray, faceted craft seen moving south over Route 6 in broad daylight. I'm a student at the local community college, and during my drive home one afternoon, two things struck me as odd, one being a black helicopter that flew over my campus at or near 14:00pm, and the other being the fact that either a second, or the same helicopter was hovering approximate 100 to 200 feet above tree level between 5 and 10 miles away from the campus 10 minutes down Route 6. I spotted the helicopter before I reached exits 9A and 9B, and found it to be hovering between exits 9A and 10.

I believe the town would have been Dennis, or extreme western Brewster near Underpass road. For at least 5 minutes I could make out the helicopter hovering perfectly still in this same spot at this same altitude, and this seemed strange to me in broad daylight with little apparent reason for its presence. However, not far down the road, perhaps just before Exit 10, on the horizon, (I was headed East on Route 6 during this whole event) I saw an oddly shaped craft that I first assumed was a fighter jet.

This wouldn't be out of the question given that one of the largest Air Force bases in the Northeast is on Cape Cod. However, the lack of any sound, the velocity, and size of the craft did not match up for what would be a fighter plane, and since there was no airport in the immediate vicinity, its altitude seemingly ruled out the possibility that it was a plane at all. I immediately thought back to the helicopter, and wondered if perhaps it had been observing the same thing I did because it seemed to be in an awful hurry when I first saw it in Barnstable (the town, not the county) and it was headed in the exact direct (or very near to) the spot where I saw it.

This lead me to believe that it wasn't a plane at all, and that, even if I sounded completely crazy, I should tell someone what I saw in hopes of finding some simple explaination. I've not contacted any authorities on the subject because I feel as though security may be so tight that no information may be had on the matter at all given the proximity! to the anniversary of 9/11. The object I saw was moving south slowly at what must not have been much more than 300 to 500 feet above the ground, perhaps even less.

It appeared to be metallic, but did not shine, which as I think about it, is rather odd given the lighting conditions (the sun was behind me shining directly on the object I witnessed) It was a matte gray color, much like the paint job on a fighter jet (hence my original confusion) and did not have a memorable shape or profile other than being long and giving the impression that it had facets, or was possibly even a delta wing of some sort like the F-117, however this aircraft is not gray, so I knew it could not have been what I saw. It also was not a blimp, because it was too small and moved to fast, besides being the entirely incorrect shape, and was not single-engine plane of any sort, as it was too large, and did not have any of the recognizable features that a plane of this type would possess. Any information on this would settle my mind a great deal.

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Extremely bright.painful to the eyes in broad daylight, cigar/disk shaped. I was driving to a doctor's appointment around 2pm.

My direction was north. I noticed a tremendous light reflection in the sky ahead. The shape was cigar/disk-like.

What I remember was that this light was so bright it was painful to look at,almost like what a solar eclipse. Putting on sunglasses, I then saw the shape and noted that this craft was traveling west. The size was approximately half of my outstretched thumb.

I was travelling in a line of traffic, so I was unable to keep track of the craft once it went behind trees after a minute. It was the brightest thing I've ever seen.brighter than the sun.

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Triangular craft with 4 white lights seen in early September over the skies of Foxborough Massachusetts. I am a 17 year old who has seen quite a few UFO's before, and never reported a single one. This one that I saw back in September was while me and dad were coming home to Cape Cod from New Hampshire on Rt 495 and we must have been in Foxborough by then.

I was looking out the windows at the stars when I saw this triangular craft. It was dark except for four white lights, 3 on one side and one in the 'back'. The lights slightly illuminated the edges of the craft and there was no strobe light.

I was quite interested in it, and even got my skeptic of a dad to look at it, and he had no idea what it was. I watched as it flew in a curved path though the sky('front' tip first), and the lights stayed steady. There was no noise coming from it that I could hear.

It was visable for a few minutes before it was obscured by trees.

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Three bright objects move across the sky in formation then dissapear. I was alone and stargazing with my binoculars, it is a very clear night, perfect for observing - in fact, the milky way was visible which does not happen very often. The sighting occured at 10:11 pm E.

S.T. With the naked eye, I spotted what looked exactly like a bright satelite moving north to south.

I then noticed that there were three objects in total, moving at the exact same velocity in a slightly elongated right triangle formation. There was about 25 degrees of separation between the lead object and the others. These objects did not move relative to each other, staying in perfect formation until they disapeared - first the lead object, then the two trailing objects about 1 second later.

The objects twinkled and then faded quickly. Immediately after the objects disapeared, I ran into the house and checked the time and got my hiking compass and confirmed the direction of movement, it was dead on magnetic south. Compared to previous observations of satelites, these objects moved at a rate slightly faster, covering about half the night sky in about 45 seconds.

When I looked at them through binoculars, there was no distinction, just points of light, exactly light an orbiting satelite so they were at extreme altitude. The thing that struck me was that there were three of them and the way that they moved in such rigid formation. About me: I hold a B.

S. degree in Mechanical Engineering and an M.B.

A. I have worked as an engineer and manager in the aerospace and medical device field. ((NUFORC Note: We have communicated with this witness, and believe that the sighting may have been the result of the three suspected U.

S. Navy "NOSS" satellites. PD)).

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Three distinct lights traveling west to east. Initially thought to be a satellite until I realized there were actually three separate objects. Appeared to be at same altitude and speed as most satellites I have observed.

At a given point, the objects turned northward and went out of sight by distance factor. What caught my foremost interest was fact that the lights separated when they made the turn northward, then closed again as they moved away, thus my belief they were separate objects. Lights on the objects were white in color and not blinking at all.

Same light intensity as a satellite or a distant star. ((NUFORC Note: We suspect that the lights may have been the three satellites that have been reported to us frequently. They are thought to be part of the U.

S. Navy "NOSS" satellite project. PD)).

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Unidentified Objects sighted in local town! Neighbors were smoking and saw strange looking lights in the sky and started filming. 4 different unidentified flying objects circling the sky. The objects had many different shapes.

They would change into another shape as they flew around the nights sky. A couple of the objects even dropped something from the sky which fell to the ground nearby. This whole sighting was caught on tape for the entire duration to prove it.

Each object had many lights surrounding it always changing colors and flashing. ((NUFORC Note: We wonder whether advertising lights might have been the cause of the sighting. PD)).