NUFORC UFO Sighting 19480
Occurred: 1972-06-11 22:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2001-09-09 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 2 plus hours
No of observers: 30

Location: Broadelbin, NY, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object, Left a trail

Saw lights in the summer of 1972 at a NYS location Broadelbin (upstate)

Me and a buddy sneaked into a drive in movie theater. At half time (intermission) I laid down on a grassy chidrens play area looking towards the sky. My eyes caught what I thought was a shooting star. I thought wow cool. Then I noticed more lights moving extremely quickly at right angles. Was so excited that I had my buddy look at it. Then I asked others to look also. They all saw it and I wasn't seeing things. That was the extent of it and was encouraged not to report it for fear of ridicule. Never saw anything like it again. It made a profound impression on me and kept my mind open ever since.



NUFORC Note:

Date is approximate. PD


Posted 2001-10-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 34494
Occurred: 1963-08-23 22:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2004-01-16 21:57 Pacific
Duration: 10 min
No of observers: 3

Location: Broadalbin, NY, USA

Shape: Orb
Characteristics: Aircraft nearby

I was 13 at the time and had a great interest in aviation,and still do with 32 yrs under my belt with USAirways.I was walking home and saw two bright orbs in the sky behind the house over the trees. This is looking in the southeast direction.The orbs were not close and I would say they were at a distance of a few miles. They were very bright and stationary in the sky seperated but close. I called my mother and also our neighbor who was a high school science teacher.We all saw these bright orbs and the science teacher had no clue as to what they were.After awhile they started to move away from each other in opposite directions. One moved very slowly while the other was gone in a few secs. The teacher could not explaine what we had seen. He had 5 yrs of college under his belt in many sciences to be a teacher and had no clue. I might add at this point that the orbs were in the direction of the location of a US Navy Atomic Sub training site at West Milton NY. It was run by G.E.and had atomic ractors on this site to train navy crews for the subs. G.E. also tested ractors their. Admiral Richover father of our Nuclear Navy was always their. The site is still used today for the same purpose and is a secret base. I can`t be sure the orbs were over the site but it came to mind and was in the gereral direction. What was strange is what happened latter. I was in our home when we heard jets flying very low over our area. I ran outside and thier were jets flying low in sort of a search pattern. They flew over the house and i could see that they had streight wings not swept back wings. It was very odd and no orbs were seen at this time. The next few nights the same thing happened the. Low flying jets flying like they were looking for something. Again we saw no more orbs just the jets. As I said I have had a very strong passion for aircraft and this whole thing got me thinking and wondering. I was taken to an air force base open house at Griffiss AFB in Rome NY a while latter. It was about 65 miles Sout! hwest of Broadalbin.While their I saw RB-57`s which were based at the R&D center at the base to do research in radars and electronic equipment. they have streight wings. Also there were T-33`s and F-89 Scorpians. All straight winged jets. I started thinking that some of these aircraft were the ones i saw those nights,but what they were doing or looking for is a mystary. They were not the orbs because jets don`t hang in the air motionless for ten mins. The orbs were not helos either because back then in the early 60`s there were none to be seen in upstate NY. Now we see them everyday but in the early 60`s helocopters were just not seen in the Albany Saratoga region.Ever since that sighting I have had not just a love for aircraft but started my interest in UFO`s.I know aircraft and those orbs were not aircraft as we know them and I think the Air Force was chaseing them those nights. I soloed in only 7 hrs back in 69 and as I said worked around all types of aircraft. When something strange landed at ALB people would ask me what the aircraft was.I always knew.I also worked on the flight line for 20 yrs on the night shift so I know what aircraft lites look like at night. Those orbs again were no aircraft. I have done aerobatics recently in WW-II AT-6`s and I bring up this point only because scientist like Seth Shostac saw there is no evidence. I say people like myself that have been in aviation know more about what is seen in the air to be an aircraft or an unknown. A pilot flying a 747 that sees something odd is not crasy.They don`t put crasy people in charge of airliners. When they speak up its to be heard not to be passed off. I have an example that will prove my point. I told this to Seth in an E-mail to prove that pilots say what they see as the truth. This is a true story and you might wantto bring this up on C.to C. Its a true story. Back at Murak Dry Lake know Edward AFB in the 40`s the air force was testing the P-39 AeroComet. Our first jet aircraft. Above top secret. the plane had a fake prop put o! n it while on the ground so everyone would think that it was a propeller driven aircraft. The test pilot of the Bell AeroComet loved to play jokes so he would put a Gorilla Head on and a Top hat on this head and he would be flying this aircraft. He was seen close up in the air by other pilots flying the P-51 Mustang which was the top of the line fighter at that time. when they landed they would tell of seeing a aircraft with no propeller and being flown by a Gorilla in a Top Hat. The pilots discribed exactly what thet had seen but were not believed and sent to sick bay. This happened time and again with the same results. Its sort of proves a point that what a pilot sees and is brave enough to tell about should be taken as evidence and proof.They are up in the sky everyday and know when they see a flying object if its real or not. Just like myself. I know a star from a landing light on a plane. ((name deleted)) in Halfmoon NY e-mail ((e-mail address deleted))



NUFORC Note:

Date is approximate. Witness elects to remain semi-anonymous. PD


Posted 2004-01-17