Other over Topsfield/Georgetown (between), MA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
First, I thought Helicopter but, the two large white lights were closer then headlights on a car with two red lights close left, and, one red light close to the white light on the right white lite. At one point I thought it was a Harrier air craft but I know that sound and look. This had no sound and did not look like a Harrier. Facing them; it was red, white, white, red. In the oblong shape. The Upfront lights were. NOT ONCE DID IT MOVE. NOT A PLANE OR HELICOPTER. POSSIBLY A REALLY LARGE DRONE. I kept my eyes on the oblong object. Expecting it to move across. It stayed directly over rte 95 North side. Me on my motorcycle I slowed down. While keeping an eye on it. I looked directly up while passing under wear it. Directly over me while I was riding underneath it I saw four dull white lights straight down. In a square pattern with a dull orange look. A black line was horizontal in the middle of the square. While looking up at it. The four lights not bright at all, but a dull orange look to the four of them. Around the square was a mantra ray shape all black around the square. Inside the manta ray shape but, the box with the black line in this shape was brown, but the manta ray shape was black. I plan to paint this on something. Soon.. Inside the time I left Peobody, Mass., concert. Sometime between 8:15 pm and 8:45 I saw this object. My 360 tracker app should show me the time I went under this object hopefully. I remember saying WTF is that? Looking up at it . Then I sped up. I should have pulled over but it really was not that high up. So I figured if I could see it; it could see me. As, I spend up, I tried to look in my bike mirrors and saw nothing. WHY write this down because I can hardly believe what I saw but know I saw something. BELOW A QUICK SKETCH OF FRONT VIEW AND A BOTTOM VIEW I'D SAY IT WAS LOW ENOUGH TO SEE THE LIGHTS AND BLACK AN BROWN COLOR . BIGGER THEN A HELICOPTER OR PIPER CUB PLANE. HALF THE SIZE OF THE BIGGEST JET. LOOKED LIKE IT WAS JUST SUSPENDED IN THE SKY
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #143062). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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