NEWBURYPORT
6/14/208
Two local men swear that something appeared over Interstate 95 about 10 a.m. yesterday, and they say it was unlike anything they've ever seen. "I was driving my nephew James to school at Triton to pick up some paperwork," Robert Mace, 36, of Congress Street in Amesbury, said. "Then we both looked up and saw this silver, illuminated saucer flying through the air, it changed shape into a cylinder and left a trail of smoke, and then it snuffed out like a candle."
Mace is no science fiction enthusiast, but his voice shook as he recounted his experience. Hours after the incident, which he said occurred near Exit 55 in Byfield, Mace said he still had goose bumps.
"I never saw anything like this in my life, and I probably never will again," Mace said. "It was so brightly illuminated in the clear blue sky ... It was a big, shiny platter and then changed shape and only lasted about 30 seconds."
"We kept driving down the highway looking up at it shift shape," Mace said.
His nephew James Mace, 19, of Lena Mae Way in Salisbury, said at first he thought his mind was playing tricks on him. But before long he realized his uncle also had his eyes glued skyward.
"I just watched it disappear like a cloud or something," James Mace said. "I don't know how to explain it. It was pretty crazy."
Robert Mace added, "We both got goose bumps. I'm still getting them for some reason. We just looked at each other, and we both knew what we saw.
"I don't care what anyone thinks, anyone can ask me, and I will tell them I know what I saw and I know the difference between what a jet looks like and what a plane looks like."
Mace worked in local lumber yards for more than 10 years before a back injury forced him to stop work due to disability. His nephew recently graduated from Triton Regional High School.
Yesterday, no one came forward with similar sightings, and the state and Newbury police said they didn't receive any phone calls.
When asked if there were any unique planes in the area, a skeptic Jim Peters, spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration said, "Our agency doesn't have the time or the resources to look into such things."
(Source http://www.newburyportnews.com)
Newspaper article link:
http://www.newburyportnews.com/local/x845844351/Hoax-or-not-UFO-sighting-alleged-in-Newbury
6/14/208
Two local men swear that something appeared over Interstate 95 about 10 a.m. yesterday, and they say it was unlike anything they've ever seen. "I was driving my nephew James to school at Triton to pick up some paperwork," Robert Mace, 36, of Congress Street in Amesbury, said. "Then we both looked up and saw this silver, illuminated saucer flying through the air, it changed shape into a cylinder and left a trail of smoke, and then it snuffed out like a candle."
Mace is no science fiction enthusiast, but his voice shook as he recounted his experience. Hours after the incident, which he said occurred near Exit 55 in Byfield, Mace said he still had goose bumps.
"I never saw anything like this in my life, and I probably never will again," Mace said. "It was so brightly illuminated in the clear blue sky ... It was a big, shiny platter and then changed shape and only lasted about 30 seconds."
"We kept driving down the highway looking up at it shift shape," Mace said.
His nephew James Mace, 19, of Lena Mae Way in Salisbury, said at first he thought his mind was playing tricks on him. But before long he realized his uncle also had his eyes glued skyward.
"I just watched it disappear like a cloud or something," James Mace said. "I don't know how to explain it. It was pretty crazy."
Robert Mace added, "We both got goose bumps. I'm still getting them for some reason. We just looked at each other, and we both knew what we saw.
"I don't care what anyone thinks, anyone can ask me, and I will tell them I know what I saw and I know the difference between what a jet looks like and what a plane looks like."
Mace worked in local lumber yards for more than 10 years before a back injury forced him to stop work due to disability. His nephew recently graduated from Triton Regional High School.
Yesterday, no one came forward with similar sightings, and the state and Newbury police said they didn't receive any phone calls.
When asked if there were any unique planes in the area, a skeptic Jim Peters, spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration said, "Our agency doesn't have the time or the resources to look into such things."
(Source http://www.newburyportnews.com)
Newspaper article link:
http://www.newburyportnews.com/local/x845844351/Hoax-or-not-UFO-sighting-alleged-in-Newbury