Light over Plymouth, MA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Several lights seen on distant horizon. They appeared to be mostly bright white at the top, almost like flickering strings of colored lights dangling from the bottoms that seemed to fade in and out, got video on my phone, but not the best quality. Too high to be a structure (I thought it initially was cell towers with lights on them, and I couldn’t see the base, but then they moved and flickered off and on). We were driving at the time, and I had not mentioned them at first, until the passenger said “what is that?”. Shortly after they seemed to fade into the twilight (occurred at dusk), there were several airplanes observed flying in that general direction. No mention of anything on the news, I would think it was witnessed by many more than just us, seemed to be in the Taunton/ Attleboro/ Providence, RI direction, and they were located on the distant horizon, which means they must have been bright to cast lights that far away…
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #163540). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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