Appearance / Description of Object(s)

Please see above.

Size of Object(s)

please see above. Maybe 3 football fields long.

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

Maybe 5,000 altitude or less.

Description of Area / Surroundings

Small country town. Nothing special in the area.

Full Description & Details

The object came from the east heading west. It was about 4-5pm. A beautiful clear day. I heard a roar and look to my left, as I was walking on the road in front of our house. I saw this very large silver object, shaped like a cigar pass before me to my right (west). It look real low, but I couldn't tell. I was about 15 at the time. I do remember the bright green/emerald sparks coming off the front of it and how it had like black burn makes on the "nose."

Alone the silver side was a row of what I call "portholes," with siluaettes moving behind them. Behing the object, was a brilliant red/orange flame and very black smoke that trailed over the horizon behind it to the east. As it passed out of sight to the west, it left the same smoke trail over that horizon. I called the Phillipston Chief Of Police, the late Chief Chartier. He told me, "It was just a meteor, wasn't that exciting?"

My late step-father, was dropping off my two step-brothers in the next town of Athol, and he said when he got home, all of the traffic stopped and everyone was looking up watching it pass over. He was as excited about this event as I was.

The next day, in the Worcester Telegram, of Worecester, MA, ran this as a front page story. It state that this "meteor" flew from space, crossed several New England States, the went right back into space." I did't buy it, and neither did my late step-father.

Correct me if I'm wrong but, don't objects from space either be deflected by our atmosphere, or they crash here on earth? This has bugged me for years.

What I saw was not what was reported in the Worcester Telegram.

Can sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or natural object?

No way. Impossible.

Witness Background

Retired account.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

I don't know what's going on, but something is. I'm not a UFO buff or anything. I just don't know.

Other Comments

I'd rather my name not be use if you chose to print this. I just want to be left alone and would like to know what I saw.

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