9/30/1988: New Castle, DE, USA

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Occurred : 9/30/1988 21:00 (Entered as : 88 or 89 20:00) Reported: 7/20/2013 12:16:48 AM 00:16 Posted: 7/22/2013 Location: New Castle, DE Shape: Triangle Duration: 30 seconds Characteristics: There were lights on the object, This is a possible UFO abduction case, Missing time was experienced
Silent and hovering Very similar to the Belgium ufo photo, object was hovering low and rotating very slowly. Object appeared to be ascending because as it rotated because the 3 amber/orangish lights got smaller as it went up. This object was completely silent. When I witnessed this thing I ran in the house and drew it. To this day I am puzzled by this event and very interested in the subject. This absolutely was not a conventional aircraft. My home was 2 miles away from the New Castle County airport and was not the Osprey. The time of this event was 8-9 pm and was fully dark so it must have been late fall as I remember it. ((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that the date is approximate. PD))

National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report

Occurred : 9/30/1988 21:00 (Entered as : 88 or 89 20:00)
Reported: 7/20/2013 12:16:48 AM 00:16
Posted: 7/22/2013
Location: New Castle, DE
Shape: Triangle
Duration: 30 seconds
Characteristics: There were lights on the object, This is a possible UFO abduction case, Missing time was experienced

Silent and hovering

Very similar to the Belgium ufo photo, object was hovering low and rotating very slowly. Object appeared to be ascending because as it rotated because the 3 amber/orangish lights got smaller as it went up. This object was completely silent.

When I witnessed this thing I ran in the house and drew it. To this day I am puzzled by this event and very interested in the subject. This absolutely was not a conventional aircraft.

My home was 2 miles away from the New Castle County airport and was not the Osprey.

The time of this event was 8-9 pm and was fully dark so it must have been late fall as I remember it.

((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that the date is approximate. PD))