Flash over Middle River, MD
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The report, as filed
A large green flash of light.
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 2002-11-29 → 2002-12-16
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January 15, 2023 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Middle River, MD
I was outside walking my dog when I was admiring how bright all the stars were in the sky. I looked up, I could identify Orion's belt, the Big Dipper and that's when I realized it looked like another smaller Big Dipper and I noticed some of the stars were so very bright and usually when that's the case those are indicative that it's a planet. so I started staring at what I believe was Orion's belt cuz it was so far away from where I was and that's when I noticed around there these lights moving so quickly or what I thought was Stars they were solid yellowish orange lights but they were moving. so I steadied myself and focused with just my eyes and I could see they were moving, like you could snap a finger and they shot over to the Big Dipper and then they shot back. at one point three of the lights came together where it was only the Big Dipper and now it's a perfectly huge triangle of lights I take the dog in I come back out I'm again finding where the position was and as I'm looking up at these stars and what I believe I is lights moving quickly the triangle is there again and as I guess the clouds cuz it's so dark the clouds start to move and I can see what looks like a grayish blackish like Mass with the lights attached just hovering there I later see a good amount maybe five of later red blinking lights which I'm believing that maybe it was helicopters or planes coming to investigate these lights moving around. in the past I've been at the same location and I have physically seen what I believe is a spaceship coming from the cloud so huge almost like a kite looking Mass with lights on the end just kind of hovering and floating there but is never looked like any type of aircraft that's been in this area. I am near an airport so I know that's normal but typically at night time helicopters and planes are going to blink red and these were just solid typical light color like yellowish Orange hovering there but the amount and fastness that they were able to jump from one set of stars to the next was like nothing I've ever seen and that's how I knew it was not a regular helicopter or plane in the area. I know this sounds crazy. I also should say that I'm a state parole and probation agent, I don't drink or do drugs but because I've seen this in the past where I had my brother come out and witness the spaceship or whatever it is that I saw. I know what I saw again and it's just crazy to keep seeing it in this area we're also near Lockheed Martin so I don't know if that has any play in it or not, it was just, I felt like it had to be reported but at the same time I know I sound crazy.
December 19, 2017 · 5:20 PM · CIRCLE
Middle River, MD
I was waiting at a traffic light (with other people in their own cars) when a bright, white light streaked horizontally across the sky in front of me across Eastern Boulevard towards Martin's Airport. It was not an airplane; it was one small light. I thought it was a meteorite at first. It disappeared into thin air over the airport property after about 5 seconds. It was low in the sky and not directly over any of the runways. It did not make any audible noise.
September 4, 2017 · 10:16 PM · FIREBALL
Middle River, MD
My car was parked in front of my house and the alarm randomly started going off. I went out to move it to a parking lot across the street (thinking perhaps the sensor is getting confused and a fast moving car set it off.) While coming back to my house, I stopped to admire the moon (it’s ALMOST full.) As I was standing there, something to the bottom right of the moon zoomed a bit, left a small white-ish trail, pulsed/zoomed again and left a looooong, thin fire trail and was GONE. The thin fire trail only lasted for a few seconds. It was a muggy, cloudy night out there tonight. No stars are visible, so I can’t believe it was a shooting star…. I have seen other strange things, but never reported them
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Middle River, MD
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Middle River, MD
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