1984 Hudson Valley UFO sightings
1984 alleged UFO sighting in New York and Connecticut
The 1984 Hudson Valley UFO Sightings, also called "The Westchester Boomerang", were UFO sightings that stretched throughout 1983–1984 in New York and Western Connecticut. State police reported that Cessna 152s had flown in tight formation with bright lights that could change colors, the pilots of which expressed amusement at the confusion caused by their hoax. Subsequent news stories, books, and other publicity helped make the sightings significant in local history and ufology lore.
Event
Reports primarily occurred from March 1983 through the summer of 1984, in the Hudson Valley region of the Northeastern United States, including Westchester County, Dutchess County, and Putnam County in New York and Fairfield County in Connecticut. Residents reported seeing objects about the size of an American football field, "usually in a V-shape or a circle", according to The New York Times, "absolutely noiseless and outlined in brilliant lights of white, red or green". The objects were also described as being able to shoot straight up in the sky and hover in the air for extended periods of time.
Indian Point power plant sightings
Center for UFO Studies ufologist Philip Imbrogno stated he was approached by several guards from the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant. According to Imbrogno, on June 14 and July 24, 1984, the guards saw a 900-foot (270 m) UFO hovering over the plant for 15 minutes. One security guard said it was 100 feet (30 m) long and 300 yards (270 m) above the plant and looked like helicopters in a V formation. The security guard said "that the guards broke out the shotguns".
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