Formation over Gardner, MA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
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Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #116108). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2014-12-16 → 2015-01-02
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August 26, 2020 · 7:25 AM · UNKNOWN
Gardner, MA
I witnessed something launching upwards Susan Northwest of my location. It left a steam Trail that was not consistent with that of the usual aircraft that fly over this area. It went straight up an art slightly to the north but continued moving up. The trail then ceased and the object continued launching up in the atmosphere it appeared to be white possibly circular and the sun was reflecting off of it from the West. It continued to move up until it disappeared in the upper atmosphere. I am not aware of any facilities in this area that would launch missiles, Rockets, or satellite. The trail lingered for 10 to 15 minutes after object ascended out of sight. Upon A Brief research of are craft exhaust trails and trajectory, I determined that it was definitely not an airplane but what I witnessed seems to be consistent with rocket launches in missile launches. Again there is nothing near me that I am aware of that would be launching anything into the Outer atmosphere. there was no sound and the object was ascending at a great speed.
March 19, 2019 · 9:30 PM · RECTANGLE
Gardner, MA
It was about 9:30 at night, and I saw like a wrecked like a rectangular with yellow and white lights with two antennas in the side the reason why I looked out the window was because the sound was so intense and I know it wasn't a plane or train or truck cuz it was too intense and it made me look out the window that's when I saw it that's all
August 5, 2018 · 9:15 PM · SPHERE
Gardner, MA
Orange/red orb floating in sky. No stars in the area according to a astroligy app. (sic. Astronomy)
October 7, 2016 · 9:45 PM · LIGHT
Gardner, MA
Friday night, driving west on route 2 near the Gardner mass exits, I saw 3 red lights in the sky flying in a northeast direction probably about the same hight of a single engine sesna. was 3 red lights in the sky flying in the same direction one behind the other at the same altitude The lights were not blinking like u would see on a plane or jet. There was no other aircraft in the area at that time. It was unnatural. This happened between 9:30-10:00 pm. Planes and jets dont fly in the same flight pattern as these lights were doing. Sorry could not get a picture or video of the lights do to driving on the highway.
September 13, 2016 · 3:30 AM · SPHERE
Gardner, MA
Wife and I walked outdoors to our patio on the northwest side of our new country home at approximately 3:15 AM ET in Gardner, MA. We're new to the neighborhood, so we are diligent about opening and closing the door silently as not to disturb the neighbors who often have their windows open during the warm summer months. Being a sound engineer, I immediately noticed a deafening quiet that was unmistakable to me. No crickets, no wind, no cars, nothing. I whispered "Wow, it's really quiet out here. A little too quiet". My wife said nothing. It was dark enough so that you could not see the sky behind the trees. I realized we had a huge moon the night before, so the 'no moon' darkness had struck me as weird. Elapsed time we were outside was about 2-3 minutes. We were both facing west toward our neighbors house when we both saw a single spherical light appear, with no dynamics in luminosity. Nothing at first, then right to full-on brightness. The singular amber / orange glow was the same exact color as the street lamp but much brighter, and the shape was spherical instead of oval, about the size of a baseball or softball. The street lamp seemed to be about 10+ feet directly behind the object we saw. The object kept an altitude approximately 5 feet below the street lamp from our perspective. The glowing sphere never stopped moving at any point since it appeared. It moved at about the speed of a house fly, in a perfect counter-clockwise circle, with a slightly accelerated figure 8 pattern every few revolutions. The object moved in a circle pattern that was about 2 feet in diameter. It left a trail of light behind itself in the same color that faded linearly, but was overrun by the sphere again before the light trail fully dissipated. I whispered, "Do you see that?". Standing slightly in front of me, my wife leaned toward my viewpoint on the patio and said, "Yea, what is that?". It seemed that once this object felt us notice it's presence, it disappeared with no fade, instant off and gone. The object was gone even before I could open my Camera app. I noticed some trees between the object we saw and our patio. So I waited until daylight this morning to see if it could have been street lamp light refracting off of a bunch of shiny leaves, but there are barely any leaves to obstruct the view apparently. We never saw anything block the perspective of the object while it appeared and danced for approximately 15-20 seconds in total. After it disappeared, I came to my senses and opened my Camera app. I was surprised to see a Camera flash to our far right from across the street. I was sure the neighbors saw the object too and were taking a photo, while forgetting to disable the camera flash. When I looked over, I saw another 5000k temp flash in the gloss of the neighbors car, but no light hit the street or tree next to where the source would be. Neighbors were asleep with all lights off an nobody was outside at all. No activity so far yet tonight. But I will be ready for it next time.
May 6, 2013 · 4:50 PM · LIGHT
Gardner, MA
Daylight Star?