Unknown over Wakefield, NH
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
My wife and I were on our way home from work. It was dark and the sky was clear. Suddenly a bright light appears out of nowhere, then another light right next to it, and a 3rd farther away. Within a few seconds they all disappeared at the same time. The never moved, just stayed in the same spot. Our car has a dash cam so as soon as I got home, I uploaded the footage and sure enough it captured it. I also noticed a 4th, dimmer light in the footage that moved insanely fast, turned sharply down, and stopped, but it stayed lit up when the others disappeared. I thought the 4th light was a meteor at first, except it didn't fade away. I've attached the video and a map of where we were and what direction we saw the lights.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #174021). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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