As reported

Fireball over Wells, ME

A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.

The report, as filed

Green Fire ball with an Orange nose falling at a 45-degree angle from West to East.

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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October 12, 2022 · 5:50 PM · DISK

Wells, ME

I went out to get the mail at the communal mailboxes. As I was going back to my place, I noticed an object hovering above the tree line. It was about 20 feet wide, eight feet tall. Had two bright lights on it. One of the lights was directed at me. The UFO was not moving. Just hovering rock steady. Made no noise at all. I watched it for about two minutes. It was about 220 feet away from me at an altitude of about 110 feet. The sky was perfectly clear. I didn't have my phone/camera with me. But luckily, I am a digital artist. I stared at the UFO for about two minutes. I wanted to get all of the info about its shape so I could draw it later. I made a couple of images of the craft. But your terms are preventing me from submitting them. Craft had a base that was about two feet thick. The two lights (like spot lights) were mounted on the base which was a dark brown color. The top of the craft had "bell curve" shape to it. White in color. There was one panel on the top shape that had a very shiny metallic shine to it. About 2/3 of the way up the metallic panel was a yellow light. There was a "haze" around the left side of the craft. The right side of the craft, which was facing the setting sun, was perfectly clear. No haze. Stared at the craft for two minutes. I took my eyes off the craft just for a split second. When I looked back at it, it was gone. Me: Recently retired digital artist. Age: 66. Excellent eye sight.

September 20, 2021 · 3:00 AM · TRIANGLE

Wells, ME

At 2:58am my wife and I heard a loud noise above our house as if an aircraft were traveling towards Sanford Maine. The noise was very loud and constant, not like normal air traffic. I got up and looked out the window and there was a triangle UFO with 3 white lights at each point and a very red middle light. The aircraft, in my opinion was a TR3B style aircraft. It was moving at a normal rate of speed at a leveled altitude. The sound lingered even when out of sight.

January 7, 2021 · 5:00 PM · SPHERE

Wells, ME

On January 7th at around 5:00pm I was driving on Rte 9 from Wells, to North Berwick, As I crossed over the bridge, just before Pratt and Whitney I noticed a greenish white light just appear about 3 times the height of the tree line and drop straight to the ground until it was out of my sight. At that point I drove in the direction I saw the light fall, But I didn't see any more at that time. The light was about the size of a basketball and fell with immense speed.

July 18, 2020 · 4:00 PM · CHANGING