Light over Thornton, MA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Was drinking by the fire on a Tripoli rd site, the sky finally cleared up and we were talking; looking at the stars. My site was down a thirty foot embankment next to the road, by the river. You could see cars go by barely. Anyway, out of the corner of my eye while looking up, I saw what looked like campers had set up a string of lights. We then realized we’ll thats the road and it was actually near the treeeline over Mt. Osceola. As myself and two friends processed this we realize the string of lights were moving fast and in a straight line very close to each other. They looked just like the stars, pure white but moving ina straight line. Non pulsing and non color. I ran up the embankment to catch the tail end of the formation before it went out of view, behind the mountains to catch a better view. There were at least 30-50 pure white lights, straight line. At the end was one smaller pulsating color object that slightly bounced around like a nat. Think Orion’s Belt stars filled in like a hiking trail .......... straight line,same color, same size. Later saw a plane fly by and did not compare one bit to previous objects. I grew up next to Logan, was a military soldier in Hawaii, I’ve been near airports all my life. Never seen anything like this. The other two witnesses are avid outdoor people who enjoy nature and relaxing. Thanks. Space Link satellites. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #146378). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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