Light over Manchester, NH
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
A red glowing sphere stopped and watched me.
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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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 1980-10-07 → 1980-10-24
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November 24, 2022 · 5:30 PM · CROSS
Manchester, NH
A passenger and I were driving home on highway 93 North and Manchester New Hampshire and this flash kind of caught my eye like a glare not a flash like something shiny. And I looked up and I see this object floating right above the tall light pole that was in between the North and South plains of the highway right across from exit 11 in Manchester and I see these four huge round propeller things I assumed maybe look like it spinning but not sure cuz there's no sound and we were driving. It had this gunmetal sleek design in it like skinnier columns coming from each round circle swooping up towards the middle with a solid middle and it was about the size of a van or SUV. But it was like just floating there above the light and it kind of swooped down not to the ground but closer to the light and then went off but slowly it didn't take off fast and followed the South route which was down below us a little bit on the south side of the highway and went that way without a sound or anything and we both looked at each other didn't say anything and then like our jaws drop you like did you just see the same thing I did and passenger saw the same thing it was the most crazy thing I've ever seen in my life and it's changed my mind about if I believe in UFOs or not.
November 15, 2022 · 2:44 PM · OTHER
Manchester, NH
At first, I thought I could hear a helicopter in the air. Well...I never saw one. Instead I saw this black object swirling in the sky. It was then I thought, " oh no, it is a helicopter spiraling out of control" I then grabbed Mt phone, put on the picture enhancer and proceeded to magnify to 100%. I just couldn't believe what I was seeing. The objected, black in color, shaped at the numerical number 9; swirling and spinning across the sky. Now I am not saying a ufo as in alien form, but yet, it is an Unidentified Flying Object. I've never seen anything like it. Unfortunately my video couldn't capture 100x zoom, as my phone, but I'm sure you'll still be able to see what I am talking about. I am truly just looking for an answer on what this possibly was, could've been and is. Thank you for your time
November 11, 2021 · 6:30 PM · CIRCLE
Manchester, NH
As I went outside to get a coffee from my girlfriend who was about to pull up to her house around 730pm I looked up into the sky and spotted a short beam of light coming from the sky.. right to the left of the bottom of the beam I seen a bright object that I thought might have been an airplane at first but quickly realized it had no tail or flashing lights it moved to the center of that beam then straight up and when it hit the top of the light beam they both disappeared and I waited like 10 minutes just staring into the sky in disbelief but hoping I seen it again or anything else and there was nothing. I swear to god I have never in my life seen anything like this and am completely freaking out about it. I am 38 yo with no mental illness and am NOT on any type of drugs or medications. Oh and the ufo was brighter than the beam of light.
October 15, 2021 · 7:35 PM · OTHER
Manchester, NH
I was taking my dogs out to use the bathroom at 735, just happened to look up at the sky in my back yard I see orange circular lights rising up from behind a couple of trees. They moved very slow and it was a big wide span it took up in the sky. The orange circles were slowly rotating in a synchronized circle and out of nowhere the sky looked like it opened up and a black hole was slowly growing near the top orange circle. I also noticed at the bottom of the synchronized orange glowing circle lights they began to come out of the trees more as the craft and black hole moved I saw their was a small triangle along with a longer triangle formed with the orange circle lights. Each orange circle light I noticed were slowly rotating upward in a slow circular motion and they would disappear in the same spot in the sky. The black hole also disappeared as fast as it came in that very same spot each light went away in. I heard no sounds I did video tape it I was kind o! f freaked out so I did swear in the video and my son who noticed the black hole was telling me mom get inside. I did catch 2 videos of this strange and scary event that took place right in back of my house and I was not able to sleep well at all last night. I do not know who to send my videos in but I have two really good ones.
November 6, 2020 · 9:10 PM · UNKNOWN
Manchester, NH
On 11/5/2020 at appx 21:10 I was traveling on I293 South in Manchester, NH. I'm a registered nurse and I work as an evening supervisor at a nursing home, I was on my way home from leaving my shift slightly early that evening to catch the US election on the news. I began to take Exit 2 for Brown Avenue. As I was changing into the off ramp, I noticed a light ahead. Not from a plane, which are very common in the area as the airport is appx 2 miles from that specific location. Instead, this light was emanating from within a cloud and was green in color, and the area it covered appeared larger than a regular airplane which I observe on a regular basis. It appeared that the light was either square or triangular in shape vs. round or elongated. It was in the eastward direction, at a decent height but low enough in the sky to be noticeable within my windshield view. And without a sound or other event, the light zoomed off in such a fast speed that I can only describ! e it by saying that if I had looked away or blinked at that moment, I would have missed it entirely and thought the light had just vanished. It had accelerated off into the eastward direction. This all occurred within the time it took for me to signal off of the exit and was gone before I came to a stop at the light at the end of the ramp, appx 3-4 seconds, as the light did not stay after I had witnessed it in the sky. I am not aware of any other witnesses to this event, I do not remember any other vehicles at the off ramp at that time, as I was the first vehicle at the red light.
October 11, 2020 · 10:14 PM · OTHER
Manchester, NH
I was merging into i93 north when I saw a dim light above. At first I thought it was a plane because there is a local airport. But this was low to the ground (around the tree line and was almost hazy and dimly lit.) When I looked i saw 4 round circular rings which seemed to be 4 lights on the bottom of some sort of "craft" the body i could not see. It was almost just like 4 glowing rings dimly but VERY SWIFTLY glided above and spun 90• while doing so before losing sight. Split second later ANOTHER one followed. This one did not rotate in any sort from what I could see. Shocked and confused