Diamond over Franklin, MA
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The report, as filed
Black diamond shaped object with two white circles in the center and red blinking lights rotating around those white lights. Object had
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 2000-04-27 → 2000-05-14
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February 12, 2023 · 8:35 PM · CIRCLE
Franklin, MA
I first noticed a bright orange light while traveling on Rt. 140 from Bellingham towards Franklin. While stopped at a red-light on the highway bridge I noticed the light traveling over the tree-line towards the center of town. The light was bright enough that as I got closer to it I could see it and track it clearly through the trees. Way too low to be a plane and I rolled down the window to see if I could hear a helicopter (it was silent). I watched it fly fast above the trees about a half mile then stop (hover) somewhere between a shopping plaza and beaver st. I arrived at my destination at CVS and I could still see the light- I was closer and noticed there was an orange light in the center and a blinking green light on one side and a blinking red light on the other. The craft then started moving again but directly towards me (standing in the CVS parking lot) slowly. It passed over my head then over the roof of CVS and even through the glare of the CVS lights I was able to make out grey circular shape around the lights. It was hard to tell how large it was because I couldn't really tell how high up in was maybe 100 ft over the roof of the CVS and roughly the size of a small car. I was freaked out when I saw the craft shape and went into the CVS when I came back out two minutes later I could no longer find the craft. It was completely silent I could not even hear a drone propeller. The sky was also clear very few clouds.
June 4, 2020 · 2:40 AM · OTHER
Franklin, MA
At around 2:40 Am I went outside and saw a line of lights in a line in the sky. At first I thought it must be a reflection on the clouds but then it moved very slowly in the direction of the next town over. The lights seemed to be oval shaped and had a slight wobble, there were 6 of them very close together. From my perspective, I assumed they were part of the same object. I watched for a few minutes and then it disappeared.
February 13, 2017 · 9:05 PM · SPHERE
Franklin, MA
Neon green ball like flying object. No sound. No trail. Over 4 story hotel. 150 yards away. Very very extremally fast. Just closing up my business. Pitch black out other than moon on other side of tree line. And hotel lighting. Not like a light flash or a reflection. Not a flare. Really odd & hair on arms stood up on end. If wasn't staring at hotel across parking lot as I locked up I would have never seen it. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 3, 2014 · 4:00 PM · OTHER
Franklin, MA
Odd black bat- or bird-shaped object a couple of hundred feet up, drifted lazily northwest until it disappeared behind the tree canopy horizon. Object never flapped, so it seemed unlikely to have been a bird. It appeared to have something rope-like dangling from it, so we think it may have been a kite. I looked at it through a 9x scope, but couldn't gather any additional details. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 12, 2014 · 10:45 PM · FIREBALL
Franklin, MA
2 sets of 2 fireballs spotted coming out of the Southwest (approximately 210 degrees). 1 set moved from the southwest toward the northeast. They were visible for about 1 minute before they became blocked by the tree line. 1 set moved from the southwest toward the northwest. This set was only visible for about 15 seconds before being blocked by the tree line. All 4 moved at the same speed and were visible for the entire time. They did not make a sound and were visible at orange / red spheres the entire time. There was no visible trail behind any of them.
October 23, 2008 · 3:00 PM · SPHERE
Franklin, MA
Spherical object hovered then moved away at an extremely high rate of speed.