Oval over Walpole, MA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
The object just hovered for a few minutes without making sound. There was no movement in the trees and the silence was deafening.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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What would the paper say?
Sightings from the Project Blue Book era (through 1969) live in Record Group 341 at the National Archives. Through Aletheca, the house instrument, anyone can commission the request — filed, chased, and published in the open, refusals included. The draft goes over already written: the records sought, and the date window they would live in.
Routed to: National Archives and Records Administration · records window 1969-08-29 → 1969-09-15
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July 9, 2019 · 10:30 PM · SPHERE
Walpole, MA
I was taking out the trash when I noticed a bright yellow/white circular object hovering above my neighbors’s house. It appeared to be about the size of a softball and no bigger than a basketball. As soon as I looked at it, it moved in a straight line at a high rate of speed, and then vanished after traveling roughly 100 feet. While moving, the object looked like a shooting star, but was only about 60 feet above the ground. It made no noise.
August 11, 2018 · 9:00 PM · CHEVRON
Walpole, MA
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August 15, 2014 · 4:00 PM · RECTANGLE
Walpole, MA
I was on 2nd story of work office looking out window, so I had pretty clear view...looked like helicopter but was rectangular in shape, almost like a flying box...had noise of helicopter. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 9, 2004 · 9:50 PM · LIGHT
Walpole, MA
Object went straight up across the sky into space, 2-3 minute observation.