Date: October 7, 2012
Time: Around 9:50 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Hey Brian, I'm currently at school in Putney, Vermont, and around 9:50 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. tonight, my friend and I were walking across a pasture to the main campus, facing north, and in the distance, we noticed around 20-30 bright orange lights in the sky.
The lights were moving up and down, back and forth, and hovering in a somewhat collected area. Some were flying very close to the ground, and they formed a constellation-like pattern. Looking at them, we could see what looked like fairly thin red beams which appeared to not only to be directed towards Earth, but also seemed to connect to the other lights at times.
The way that the lights were moving and how they were staying in the same general area, makes me believe that they were almost searching for something. Some of the lights ended up forming a trail leading from the ground up, and then the group took on a Y-shaped formation.
They stayed like that for a little bit, and then the formation broke up, but they stayed in the same area, hovering and moving around. A minute later, I turned my head, my friend still watching the lights, and right as my head turned, they vanished before my friends eyes.
We stayed outside in the area afterwards, and we both believe to have seen them reappear in the distance looking out over New Hampshire. We stood and watched the original sighting for around 25 minutes until they vanished. Afterwards, there were also sporadic lights identical to the UFO's around the area that would appear briefly and then vanish. Around 10:40 p.m., we also noticed a bright orange glow in the distance in an area to the right of where the cluster was, from behind a mountain.
It looked similar to light pollution, but the color was fiery and hazy, and there has never been light pollution, or any glow at all from that area, and I swear to have seen reddish orbs moving within the glow. It may have been the moon though, and after the initial sighting, my mind has been starting to turn other things into UFO's or such, but still, I think it is interesting to note.
There have been a very strange number of planes flying through tonight, very distinguishable from the UFO's, with many appearing to be jets, or at least not commercial airliners, another interesting note. Since then, I have seen 3 more odd lights in the sky.
One stayed stationary for a while, but as we walked in the direction of it, it started to fly, appearing like a plane, then vanished after it flew over us. More recently, a very bright orb, very similar to the UFO's appeared on the horizon to the right of the initial sighting, staying somewhat still, but flashing and changing colors.
The astronomy teacher has noticed a very similar one in the same area, but has noted that it is not a planet, star, or anything he could name, and does not know what it could be. Anyway, the light was slowly moving up, hovering left and right slightly, but gradually rose higher and higher.
I thought at first it may have been a planet, but that idea was shot down when a jet flew by us, and as the jet passed by the light, said light moved rather quickly to the right.
Anyway, the initial sighting and what we proceeded to watch was unlike anything I have ever seen, and my mind is unable to get off of the topic of these UFO's. I have a feeling of anxiety when looking at the stars now, and the curiosity I have now is overwhelming. I would really like to hear of more of these similar sightings that occurred tonight.
If you have seen anything like this in the same area please be kind enough to contact Brian Vike at:
with the details of your sighting. All personal information is kept confidential.
Also, please feel free to send in your sightings that have happened years ago. So many of these older sightings are nothing short of amazing.
