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Hudson Valley 'boomerang' sightings

When: Mar 1983
Where: Westchester County, NY
Sources: 2 public sources

Starting in the early 1980s, many people in New York's Hudson Valley and nearby Connecticut reported a large V of lights moving slowly at night. Local reports traced some sightings to light-aircraft pilots flying in formation; some witnesses rejected that explanation.

Sources

PressThe Hudson Valley UFOs: How the Media Reacted to a 1980s UFO Flap (opens in a new tab)The Debrief (Jazz Shaw) / 2022-07-11
PressUFO Swarms Of The Hudson Valley (opens in a new tab)Plane & Pilot / 2021-02-24

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How the story came out

Happened Mar 1983. First made public 1 year later (25 Aug 1984).

Mar 1983It happened (this event)
25 Aug 1984Hudson Valley 'boomerang' tied to pilots flying in formation - first made public
1987'Night Siege' on the Hudson Valley sightings published

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Where it fits

Earlier in SightingsGEPAN studies the 'Amarante' garden case21 Oct 1982 Later in SightingsKenneth Arnold dies16 Jan 1984

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