Fireball over Essex, MA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
5 headlight looking lights traveling north up against a cloud blacken sky.
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 2013-03-24 → 2013-04-10
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August 18, 2023 · 2:22 AM · FORMATION
Essex, MA
Much like the sightings seen and documented above Donner Lake Truckee CA march 2022 multiple light orbs spearing closer further inexplicable speeds and patterns foul smells heavy sounds of breathing wildlife retracting from woods much to say but not comfortable sharing here [NUFORC annotation: Hoax - Possible]
August 13, 2017 · 7:30 PM · CHEVRON
Essex, MA
Was sitting out on my back deck just before twilight watching the civilian aircraft circling in the Logan approach pattern and the high altitude military aircraft flying south over Boston. What caught my attention was fast mover that had the afterburners kicked in moving north away from Boston at a very high rate of speed. It is not unusual for military aircraft to be cruising in this area. But it is unusual to see them with the afterburners kicked in with such a dense air traffic area. As I was watching the fast mover a single chevon shaped object momentarily appeared ahead of the interceptor and disappeared. Had no way of gauging the distance between the interceptor and the chevron shaped object. After the object disappeared the interceptor continued north towards New Hampshire at a slower rate of speed.