NUFORC Sighting 19518

Occurred: 2001-09-11 22:00 Local
Reported: 2001-09-12 00:00 Pacific
Duration: over 2 hours
No of observers: 0

Location: Arlington, MA, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Aircraft nearby

2 unidentified objects over Arlington, Ma skies for over 2 hours with military observation.

My daughter was looking through the binoculars into the sky and called me in to look. I went out to the front porch and there was an object stationary- was hard to make out the exact shape but looked circular with green edges, white in middle with pulsating yellowish-orange lights in middle. It remained stationary for over 2 hours. I looked around and saw a smaller one under it of greenish color. It could have been farther away. I called the police dept. and they told me people had been calling it in. I told him I saw 2 jets fly above and beneath it. He said they were X-16's out of a nearby military base. They also sent out several small planes to investigate it. At 12:30 am the sirens went off in Arlington Center 3 times. Around 1:00 am I noticed there were no more colors coming off of them, then they were gone. I heard the planes a few times while I lay in bed trying to sleep.

NUFORC Note:

We believe that the description of the object is not inconsistent with that of a celestial body, probably a "twinkling" star. PD

Posted 2001-10-12