Circle over Wilmington, MA
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2001-09-30 → 2001-10-17
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August 27, 2023 · 5:54 PM · UNKNOWN
Wilmington, MA
A black double curved shape object with 2 headlights floating and rotating without control above our home about the same distance up as an airplane [NUFORC annotation: Balloon - Possible]
January 14, 2018 · 11:45 AM · CIRCLE
Wilmington, MA
At approx: 11:45am on 01/14/2018, while driving to purchase a coffee, I observed a circular object that was stationary in the sky at a relatively high altitude. The object was shiny metallic in color. The object did not have any contrail activity behind it. It did not emit a sound. It just remained idle in the sky. After trying to process what it was I was seeing, I pulled my vehicle into a safe location free of traffic, I lost site of the object. Roughly five minutes later, my girlfriend also observed the object and pointed it out to me. I saw it for a split second, then, due to the route I was driving, the view of the object was obscured by a tall tree. Moving my vehicle to get away from the obstructed view, we lost all vision of the object. We continued to search for the object for another 10 minutes or so, but the object had vanished. Its important to note, that during the observation of the object and immediately after, there was alot of aircraft activity; more than usually observed at this particular time of day. Please note, what I observed is not a hoax or a prank. I am a retired volunteer police officer, retiring at the rank of Lieutenant. As a self proclaimed sceptic/believer, I too, would be hesitant to find any validity in this report, but what I saw is exactly what I observed. I am hopeful that other people in the area observed what I observed. Thank you, We spoke via telephone with this witness, and we found him to be quite sober-minded about his sighting, and convincing. We suspect that he is an excellent, and highly reliable, witness, a fact underscored by his law-enforcement background. PD
September 21, 2016 · 9:50 PM · SPHERE
Wilmington, MA
driving at night on highway and saw one glowing green orb of light that shot across the sky and disappeared.
March 7, 2016 · 11:59 PM · FLASH
Wilmington, MA
ONE BRIGHT LIGHT SPLIT INTO TWO, ALMOST LIKE THEY REPELLED LIKE MAGNENTS, AND CAME BACK TOGTHER QUICKLY, THEN BACAME VERY BRIGHT AND IT LOOKED LIKE IT BLEW UP AND DISAPPEARED to my sister Linda We suspect that the report is a hoax. PD
February 22, 2015 · 8:19 PM · FIREBALL
Wilmington, MA
What looked to be a round craft dark red with almost fire on it. it moved at a slow pace and hovered for 5 mins then started blinking and flew off into the sky. My friend spotted it. I ran outside and we both stared in shock. It's the closest thing we both have seen to a spacecraft that was not from this world. We have video but want to remain anonymous. We suspect that the report may be a hoax. The source of the report has provided bogus contact information. PD
June 28, 2004 · 5:10 PM · OVAL
Wilmington, MA
Driving north on rt. 38 in Wilmington, I looked up into the sky at an angle of about 11:00and watched 10 small oval( like an egg on its