Light over Groton, CT
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Bright light, too low to be a satellite, hovers 10 mins. then abruptly disappears. watched with binocs.
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 2010-05-29 → 2010-06-15
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October 13, 2023 · 8:15 AM · OVAL
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Looked like the size of a star during the night but during the day, but not a light. Roundish or oblong in shape. In 40 years never saw anything like it. It did not move at all while watching it. looked again a few hours later and it was gone. Potentially over naval base in Groton.
August 12, 2023 · 1:10 AM · CHANGING
Groton, CT
Checked on flightaware and no registered craft nearby. There was a single object and it is an extremely bright golden light color. It seems to be moving but only slightly in a circular or side to side pattern. Cameras when zoomed in do not show the light only a dark circular or oblong shape. When the camera is at 1x zoom the picture shows the brightness but zooming in makes it hard to define shape. There were no sounds able to be heard and the object didn't seem to be very high up compared to a commercial plane. I was able to take a few pictures and each picture was maybe a few seconds or a minute apart yet the shape and aura look different in each one. I initially saw this object at 1:10am and it is now 1:41am and it is still there. I had my 2 sons come outside to verify what I was seeing and they are older so I respected of they would tell me I was seeming unstable but they saw exactly what I did and agreed that it was extremely out of the ordinary.
July 16, 2017 · 1:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Groton, CT
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October 10, 2011 · 3:00 PM · DISK
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