NUFORC Sighting 50593

Occurred: 2006-05-16 21:45 Local
Reported: 2006-05-17 04:10 Pacific
Duration: At least 20 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Westhampton, MA, USA

Shape: Other
Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Color, Aircraft nearby

Colorful spinning ferris-wheel-shaped object seen in Northwest sky.

Seen in Northwest sky was a bright, flashing ferris-wheel-type shape just a tiny bit bigger than other stars.

It was facing north/south and we saw it at an angle.

We got our binoculars to get a (somewhat) closer inspection of it.

It was spinning and flashing brilliant rainbow colors and appeared to move quickly to the side or up and down in micro-second bursts about a quarter of a centimeter or so.

There were also little flashes of tiny white lights to the right and to the left of it... I saw 2 to the right and 1 on the left.

We live close to Westfield Air Force Base and Barnes Airport in Westfield, MA, and there were 3 planes that came from that direction and went directly toward it and one dipped below the horizon and disappeared, and the second came about 5 minutes afterwards and flew higher at it and then dipped below the horizon. A third plane went by and continued northward.

There was definitely SOMEthing strange going on.

Posted 2006-07-16