Light over Derry, NH
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The report, as filed
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #124769). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-12-16 → 2016-01-02
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September 17, 2020 · 7:30 PM · OTHER
Derry, NH
During the week of 9/13-19, I do not remember the date precisely approximately between the hours of 7:00-8:00 pm, I went outside to bring a bag of trash to the dumpster in my apartment complex. It was at that time that I observed a band of 5 lights which moved in an approximate west to east path. The lights moved in unison and I first believed them to be lights along a\the wings and underside of a small plane. As I live in relative proximity to an airport, small planes are a common occurrence. As the lights moved closer, I found that I could not make out any tail lights, nor could I hear any engine noise. I observed that the lights continued their course until passing directly overhead. Even as the lights were in a “High Noon” position directly above, I still could not discern any tail lights or sound. There can be traffic noise from the nearby highway at times, but did not notice any at the time, allowing for the realization of the absence of engine noise. The lights continued their course until finally passing out of sight over the roof of the building. As near as I can remember, all of the lights were of a white colour, or absent of any other colour. I can not approximate the height of the lights, but they were too low to have come from or to be heading to the airport unless they had just taken off or were coming in to land, but as the lights were not heading towards/away from the airport, but rather in a parallel direction, that did not seem to be the case. Also, at the height that they were flying, I feel that engine noise and/or presence of a tail light should have been apparent. The weather on the night in question was seasonably pleasant and dry with some noticeable light wind at times. At the time of the sighting, it had not yet reached a point of full dark, but the sun had already gone down some time before. A few stars were visible, I do not remember the stage that the moon was at at the time.The parking lot area where I was standing is quite well lit and the sky was extremely clear providing good visibility. Although I was unable to clearly make out the outline or shape surrounding the lights, they were in a straight line and left the impression of a wing or set of wings. The lights moved in unison as if affixed to a wing, traveling parallel to each other and not led by one light, with the other lights following. Normally I would ascribe a sighting like this to a plane as, as I have said, they are common and usually readily recognizable. In this case however, the above mentioned anomalies have left me with the impression that this was somehow different and that impression has been nagging and constant ever since.
May 7, 2020 · 2:40 AM · OVAL
Derry, NH
I noticed what I thought was an aircraft flying extremely low upon watching I realized it was not an aircraft. It moved extremely slow with red lights that spun around the craft. It was moving over to East Derry location. It also made a high pitch whirring noise.
April 16, 2019 · 10:58 AM · CIRCLE
Derry, NH
(( Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD)
November 5, 2016 · 6:45 PM · FORMATION
Derry, NH
My girl and I saw a patern of orange lights start from the west and float over I-93 moving east and slow and changed pattern from an egg to triangle pattern with on leading.
November 28, 2015 · 6:00 PM · SPHERE
Derry, NH
Bright-green, sparkling orb of light witnessed about 60 ft above ground roughly the shape of a basketball; it was quickly maneuvering behind some trees, before descending, and then disappearing. Went to investigate area, there was nothing there - it was behind a closed down warehouse in an industrial park that me and a friend were walking through at the time. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 17, 2014 · 7:20 AM · UNKNOWN
Derry, NH
My daughter was driving down Cemetery Road at about 7:20 this morning. She took a right onto Island Pond Road in Derry, NH, after passing the fields on either side of the road, she noticed two hot air balloons floating along up above her to the right of her car. She quickly shot two pictures through her windshield. The first showed one balloon, a large yellow balloon with a smile face on one side of the balloon above the tree line from the angle she shot the picture at. The second picture she took a moment later shows two hot air balloons, the large yellow smile face one and a multi-colored balloon with white designs, what seems to be a cloud still higher up above the multi-colored balloon and two shiny circles above and to the right of the smile hot air balloon. There is also what seems to be a double vapor trail and two white shapes which could be clouds to the far right in the upper corner of the picture; it's a bit hard to tell. When she sent the picture to me from her smart phone, I was able to use the touch screen to enlarge the picture and it looks like the two large white circles are lights with a rectangular gray colored shape behind the bright lighted circles. There is nothing else near it and we are both baffled as to what this could be. ((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS, 23SE14)) Peter, One more quick note. Daughter took a series of pics in the same spot this morning. You are correct. She got the double reflection. It didn't look exactly the same but it was close enough. Best regards. ((name deleted)) ((END ADDENDUM)) Possible reflection from glass in front of camera?? We suspect that the object is not an alien space craft, but we cannot be sure. PD