Light over Lewiston, ME
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The report, as filed
Bright star like light disappears as it moves south.
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 2013-01-11 → 2013-01-28
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August 14, 2020 · 8:45 AM · CIRCLE
Lewiston, ME
The object we saw was very large at first, It was a large red/yellow light. It lasted for a split second and then the light stopped. It started going moving strangely, like a zigzag motion except it was just getting higher while doing the zigzag motion. it looked like a satellite but it was going way to fast and they don't generally move like that.
May 2, 2020 · 5:00 PM · CIRCLE
Lewiston, ME
On Saturday, May 2, 2020 between 5 and 5:15PM in Lewiston, ME I saw 3 white dots moving around in the sky, right below a very visible moon. It was 60 degrees and sunny out but the moon was visible and I just happened to be admiring it when I saw the 3 dots. I watched them for about 10 seconds before calling my house mates, who were also outside, to see what I was seeing. The 3 white dots were moving in close proximity to each other, horizontally and diagonally. They didn’t cross each other’s paths but moved closer and farther away from each other intermittently. Three of these UFOs were visible simultaneously at first, then we only saw 2 at a time for the remainder of the encounter. They faded in and out of visibility, sometimes with none of them visible at all for brief moments. They reappeared in different positions in the sky compared to when they went out of focus. We got a little freaked out because their position in the sky descended as time went on. We watched this for about five minutes. The whole time, there was a very long, patchy cloud visible under the moon in an otherwise blue sky. Once this cloud disappeared, so did the multiple, moving white dots. We continued looking at the sky for more activity but didn’t witness anything else after the cloud dissipated. We didn’t collect any video footage even though we discussed trying but, none of us wanted to reach for our phones on the table a few yards away and miss anything. We also doubted if we could capture it. It’s all we’ve been able to talk about and everyone we’ve shared it with has told us it was just “Starlink.” No! No it wasn’t!
January 1, 2020 · 12:00 AM · LIGHT
Lewiston, ME
flashing Red, blue and white lights. From 1:15am to 1:37am to the south/east of Lewiston, Maine, 04240. The object never moved until it was gone.
November 4, 2015 · 5:15 PM · LIGHT
Lewiston, ME
I observed the light move across half of the visible horizon, then disappear. The speed was steady, and may have even been increasing…much faster than any plane or jet. The trajectory was completely flat. I have seen many meteorites/shooting stars and it was definitely much different than those. I was with another parent talking and I said, "Oh my God, look at that!" By the time the parent turned around to look, the light disappeared. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 19, 2014 · 11:45 AM · TRIANGLE
Lewiston, ME
Saw four triangle shaped flying objects in the dead of the night. all had a triangle shape with two none blinking blue lights one flashing white bright star like light and a blinking equally bright red light. no sound low in the sky all seemed to be going in the same direction at low speeds. been becoming more coming. also saw a week ago a blue star moving at a good rate of speed no sound and high in the sky? Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 6, 2013 · 10:50 PM · CIRCLE
Lewiston, ME
Bright light in constellation Cassiopeia. ((NUFORC Note: Possible "flare" from Iridium satellite? PD))