As reported

Light over South Windsor, CT

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

The report, as filed

There were lights on the object, and was stationary at times.

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 2013-09-20 → 2013-10-07

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August 14, 2020 · 9:45 PM · OVAL

South Windsor, CT

Around 9:45PM on 8/14/2020, my passenger and I saw a bright white and greenish light go across the sky then disappear. It was going quite fast and we both said to each other, "what was that?". We didn't discuss it much until we got to our destination then told separate people of what we saw and our stories matched. We were going east-southeast on Gray Street towards Avery Street in South Windsor, CT. We could see the blinking red light on the tower in the distance while this was happening. This was just over the tree tops and made no noise.

July 9, 2017 · 6:45 PM · CYLINDER

South Windsor, CT

We always sit on our back deck and watch the skies for aircraft but this night was different. It was not yet dusk, skies were clear with no cloud cover. I saw what I thought was an airplane but something didn’t look right. It was either spinning or tumbling as it was moving. As soon as I saw this I said to my wife, “This doesn’t look good-something is wrong,” thinking it was a plane in trouble and going to crash. But the object kept on moving in the same trajectory, not losing altitude. That’s when it got weird because as I was watching, two star-like objects appeared around the larger object. While what I saw was in the distance-like an airliner at high cruising altitude- this larger object was as large if not larger in size than a jet plane. The two smaller objects were like moving or shooting stars only they maintained a consistent altitude, never falling. They did at times pull closer to the main larger object. The objects came from south of us and travelled north east until they reached a position pretty much in front of us. It is a guess that the objects were approximately 50 degrees above the plane of the ground. At that time they appeared to stop in midair, but in hindsight we think they may have changed direction heading east away from us until they disappeared from sight--smaller objects first, then the largest was last to fade away. This all happened fast and they travelled at a speed similar to that of an airliner. We live within 15 miles of Bradley Airport and watch planes on approach all the time. But this was different because these objects travelled away from the airport’s location. What we found odd was that all during the time we watched, there were no other visible aircraft. Once the objects disappeared, air traffic seemed to resume--at least eight other planes came into view within the next five minutes. I know what I saw and feel compelled to report, if not only for some explanation for what I witnessed.

February 1, 2016 · 8:45 AM · SPHERE

South Windsor, CT

Heading south on Sullivan Avenue, I noticed a very large plane or military helicopter moving extremely slow. Within seconds i realized it was neither. This object was practically hovering above me without any sound. One glowing strobe light across the entire underside, with one round light on each end. These lights were not bright, somewhat muted. It also seemed as if it was composed of box like shapes within the sphere. It began to slowly change direction, and when I turned my vehicle around towards Rt 5, it was gone. No sound, hovering above me, probably 150 ft oval/square shape… I was the only vehicle in all directions, complete silence.

June 9, 2013 · 10:00 PM · OVAL