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UFO Sightings in Newton Date Back to the 1970s
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NEWTON, MA – Are UFOs real? That's above this writer's pay grade. But some Newtonians think they've seen one, with reports to the National UFO Reporting Center dating back to the 1970s.
Massachusetts residents reported more than 100 UFO sightings in 2016 alone. Newton saw one as recently as November.
Here's the list of Newton sightings from the National UFO Reporting Center (some are more detailed by visiting the link above):
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Nov. 3, 2016: "Spherical flashing stationary white light followed by dimmer red light, xtremely fast speed & zig-zag path."
Nov. 1, 2015: "White nosed cylinder with a greenish flame over Rt 128."
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April 23, 2015: "Round object that was brightly lit, moved slowly, 2-4 objects, fairly large."
Dec. 26, 2014: "Slow moving object, SE direction, definitely not a star, aircraft, or satellite."
Nov. 5, 2013: "Star like object travels a course then disappears in day light."
Dec. 13, 2012: "Triangle shaped craft 8:10 pm Eastern standard Time low flying green, red blinking lights."
May 18, 2012: "Dull orange lights flying in a line over Newton Mass"
Jan. 23, 2008: "I took my dog out and saw a lit up saucer shaped space craft for about 1 min in the sky and then it just turned off like a lightbulb"
Dec. 16, 2005: "Cheveron [sic] of light amber lights over 128 South in Massachusetts. I noticed them for about 5 seconds then they disappeared."
May 3, 2000: "The sky was perfectly clear and there was an enormous BLINDING flash which had the appearance of some type of nuclear devise [sic] going off."
Mar. 30, 2000: "Observed a pulsating light traveling at a high rate of speed."
Dec. 15, 1970: "Vertical trapazoid [sic] having a glowing pale yellow cloor and gliding across the sky with a wallowing motion."
For the full list, visit the National UFO Reporting Center
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