July 12, 1983🇺🇸Sighting

Danbury, Connecticut: Police Officer Spotlights 300-Foot Hudson Valley Object

Near Danbury, Connecticut at 9:30 PM, a police officer responds to a call and finds people watching a circular pattern of red, blue, and green lights in the sky. The silent object appears less than 500 feet in altitude and approximately 300 feet in diameter. When the officer shines a powerful spotlight at it, the object projects a brilliant flash of white light downward, illuminating everyone present, then moves quickly north and disappears. Hours later at 10:55 PM, Police Chief Nelson Macedo, Charles Yacuzzi, and retired officer Jim Lucksky observe a similar grey circular object from a fishing boat — silent, very large, with 20-30 bright multicolored lights in circular pattern. When boat lights are turned off, the object shuts its own lights off. When boat lights flash, the object responds with very bright lights before moving behind mountains.

Date
July 12, 1983
Location
Danbury, Connecticut
Type
Sighting
Country
🇺🇸 United States
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Background

1. On July 12, 1983, near Danbury, Connecticut, a police officer investigated a report of unusual lights in the sky. The officer observed a large, silent object with colored lights. The object was estimated to be 300 feet in diameter and less than 500 feet in altitude.

The Incident At approximately 9:30 PM, a police officer near Danbury, Connecticut, responded to a call regarding strange lights. Upon arrival, the officer found several people observing a circular arrangement of red, blue, and green lights in the sky. The object producing the lights was silent and appeared to be approximately 300 feet in diameter. The object's altitude was estimated to be less than 500 feet. The officer shined a powerful spotlight on the object.

Investigation The provided text does not contain information regarding any formal investigation into this specific sighting. The text focuses on a similar event in Kent, New York.

Significance This sighting is part of a wave of UFO reports from the Hudson Valley region during the early 1980s. These sightings often involved large, low-flying objects and multiple witnesses. The Danbury incident, involving a police officer, adds credibility to the broader pattern of reported UFO activity in the area. The size and proximity of the object, as well as the multiple colored lights, are consistent with other Hudson Valley reports.

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