Occurred: 2002-06-18 21:15 Local
Reported: 2002-06-21 10:49 Pacific
Duration:
No of observers: 2

Location: Moultonborough, NH, USA

Shape:
Characteristics: Lights on object, Emitted other objects, Landed

I believe it was the Air National Guard preparing for deployment.

I recently read a letter to the editor form Director Peter B. Davenport of the National UFO Reporting Center regarding some unusual events on 6/18/02. I witnessed the "unusual" event at 9:15 on my way home from work. (I am a police officer) I watched as an aircraft dropped flares approximately every 2-4 seconds. The aircraft was approximately 1,500 to 2,000 feet above ground level. I could only see the marker ligts of the aircraft initially. I watched this activity from my back deck for a few minutes. I did not think much of it because I routinely observe military aircraft of various types training in and just south of the Sandwich Range (the southern most range of NH's White Mountain National Forest). A few minutes later, I recognized a UH-60 helicopter briefly touch down at the Moultonborough Airport (I live next to the air strip). Every so often, citizens of my community become alarmed when military aircraft stray a little south of the Sandwich Range.




NUFORC Note:

A description of this event can be found on the NUFORC homepage. PD


Posted 2002-07-01

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