Despite public opinion, many UFOs are not of the stereotypical “disk-shaped” configuration. A large proportion are triangular or “V-shaped”. Triangular UFOs are covered in detail on this site – see: “Black Triangles”.

V-shaped series of 4 bright lights photographed by Shel Alpert (Coast Guard) in the skies over Salem Coast Guard Station(Massechutas) in August, 1952

“V-shaped” UFOs include “boomerangs” and “chevron-shaped” craft.

Here are some significant incidents involving “V-shaped” UFOs.

The Lubbock Lights.

At about 9-00p.m.  on 25^th August 1951, a guard at the secret Sandia Base and two other witnesses (including his wife) observed a V-shaped craft in the skies over Albuquerque. There was no sound or noise emanating from the object and eight “soft-blue” lights were to be seen along the rear edge of the flying wing.

The guard and fellow witnesses estimated the speed of the craft to be 400m.p.h. and it’s height to be around 1,000ft.

About twenty minutes later, four Technical College professors watched a formation of twenty-thirty lights flying north to south over Lubbock, Texas, at great speed. The lights formed a semi-circular or “boomerang” configuration.

Approximately two hours later the professors observed two more similar formations flying north to south and at a high speed. The lights were yellowish-white in colour and had a soft glow. The monitors of a nearby U.S.A.F. radar station registered the unknown objects for six minutes, their speed being 900m.p.h. and their height 13,000ft. The “blips” on the radar screens were regarded so seriously that an F-86 Sabre was scrambled but was unable to locate or make contact with the UFOs.

On 31^st August, college freshman Carl Hart [ left ] contacted the “Lubbock Evening Avalanche” and claimed that he had taken five photographs of V-shaped light formations the previous night.

In September and October 1951, the four professors who had witnessed the light formations in August, carried out sky watching exercises and observed twelve more light formations travelling in a north-south direction.

U.S.A.F. investigators located a rancher, some thirty miles south of Lubbock, who had also witnessed the formations on the 25^th August. The rancher claimed that he recognised them as flights of plovers, their white breast reflecting the city lights. It has also been suggested that an experimental bomber – the Northrop YB-49 Flying Wing – was responsible for the sightings and radar returns.

The Northrop Flying Wing - an immense and unusual aircraft, but was it the cause of some UFO sightings?

The "Flying Wing" in flight - was it mistaken for a UFO?     Click video icon to view

However, these explanations are regarded as being only remotely possible, taking into account speed/height/radar returns of the unknown objects.

One of five photographs taken by student Carl Hart in Texas, August 1952.

The Hudson Valley Sightings.

What has come to be known as “The Hudson Valley Sightings” actually comprises of a number of incidents which took place from 31^ST December 1982 and 10^th July 1986. These truly remarkable sightings have never been explained and even “arch-debunker” Philip J. Klass admitted to being baffled by the whole series of incidents.

Beginning in Putnam County, New York, the series of sightings eventually involved approximately 5,000 witnesses and covered the geographic area from Peeskill and Ossining, New York, in the west to New Haven, Connecticut in the east and from Brookfield, Connecticut in the north to Westport in the south.

Many of the objects observed were described as V-shaped or “boomerang-shaped” but later triangular craft were also witnessed.

A very large majority of witnesses claimed that the objects were truly colossal, at least 300ft. in size and, in general, most of them were travelling much slower than a plane. On the whole the UFOs were described as being silent, although a hum was sometimes heard.

All of the sightings were experienced at night and observers remarked that the objects showed between five and 5 lights of a number of colours, sometimes the lights changed colour and turned off and on. On occasions these lights were bright enough to illuminate the ground below the craft.

Typical sightings included:

On 17^th March 1983, at 8:40 PM - a housewife witnessed a large boomerang-shaped object over the nearby interstate highway. The object had a number of lights with a brighter central light. Before departing it shone a light on her neighbour’s house. Many other people witnessed the object.

On 28^th October 1983, at 2:15AM - A biomedical engineer observed a boomerang -shaped craft with 9 red lights. The craft was inspecting a reservoir with a red light before departing slowly and silently.

On 14^th June 1984 An object resembling an arc of lights with a distant trailing light was observed hovering over the Indian Head nuclear power plant by security staff who reported that security systems failed. The object was estimated to be between 300 and 900 feet in size and local residents confirmed the observations.

 The Hudson Valley Sightings came in clusters at certain times and those between March 1983 and July 1984 were the most significant – the incident which attracted the most attention and was widely reported occurred on 12^th July. In this event the UFO actually passed over five counties. On 24^th July, a UFO actually hovered over the Indian Point nuclear reactor for quite a while.

Various reasons have been considered in order to explain the Hudson Valley Sightings, including that they were all “unadmitted” night refuelling exercises conducted by the U.S.A.F. and involving several tankers and a number of fighter aircraft at very high altitude. However, it has to be admitted that none of the explanations can be regarded as valid.

Drawing of UFO made by security guard at The Indian Point nuclear reactor.

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The Incident at Williamsport.

On 5^th February 1992, dozens of witnesses observed a gigantic craft, some described it as being boomerang-shaped whilst others thought it was triangular.

This sighting does resemble many of the sightings made during the Hudson Valley series of incidents.

This incident is covered in “Black Triangles” on this site.

 Boomerang-shaped Craft observed in Florida.

On 5^th May, 1993, The ST. PETERSBURG TIMES (Florida) reported:

Some say the strange, boomerang-shaped object seen recently in the Suncoast sky could have been an extraterrestrial spacecraft. Something out of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, perhaps. Others think more down-to-earth (or close to it) explanations are more likely.

Last month, a Hernando County sheriff's deputy and six other witnesses reported seeing the mysterious object over coastal Bayport and Pine Island. After the Times published articles about the sightings, more than a dozen people from Pinellas Park to Hudson called to say they saw something similar. They usually described seeing an impossibly large and silent object, shaped like an Australian aboriginal weapon. A Stealth fighter, maybe? Swamp gas? Aerobatic planes flying in formation?

Linda Lawrence of Clearwater reported the most recent sighting April 27. About 8:30 p.m., she said, she stood in the driveway with her husband, Randy. She glimpsed a V-shaped object with bluish-white lights in the sky.

          "It was moving pretty steady, kind of streaking through the sky," she said. "It was gone in a minute or two. I didn't know what it was. It didn't look like a plane or a helicopter. I didn't immediately think UFO. Tell people you saw a UFO and they think you're crazy."

The Phoenix Lights

During the evening of on March 13^th 1997 a series of incidents took place in the skies of Arizona and Nevada, predominantly in the Phoenix area. Both “chevron-shaped” and triangular UFOs were witnessed by many people.

This major event is covered in some detail on this site – see “The Phoenix Lights”.

INDIA - BOOMERANG SPOTTED  
 
BAY OF BENGAL – May 19^th 2003, at 9-45p.m. whilst lying flat on the beach, a management graduate and an engineer observed a strange object, the exact shape of a ’Boomerang’ just flying its way towards the land (west) from the Bay of Bengal side (east). They were absolutely sure that the object they saw was a UFO. The object was flying at a great height they could discern it’s shape as it passed near clouds. The huge Boomerang like object had no lights and was flying smoothly and quickly, it circled twice and then disappeared.  

Boomerang-shaped craft, photographed over Renton(Washington) in 1996.

V-shaped UFO seen during the Phoenix Lights incidents.

Graphical depiction of the truly massive "chevron-shaped" craft seen by many during the Phoenix Lights Incidents.

Photo of chevron-shaped craft observed over Pasadena in October 1995.
Does it compare with the Phoenix Lights graphic?

An eye-witness sketch of chevron-shaped UFO seen during the Phoenix Lights Incidents.

Carteret, New Jersey – 15th July, 2001

At a few minutes past midnight on the morning of Sunday, July 15, 2001, a cluster of lights was observed by in the sky over Carteret, New Jersey. The lights proceeded to pass over the New Jersey Turnpike where an estimated seventy-five drivers got out of their cars to watch the lights moving silently in the skies above their heads. There were literally hundreds of witnesses including a minimum of six policemen and members of the military and all the witnesses agreed that the lights moved slowly, between 10 and twenty miles per hour.

The witnesses did not agree, however, on the formation of the lights. Some observers described a circle; some said a V or a U, whilst others described a diamond formation. A video taken as the lights passed over shows a what could be described as an uneven semicircle with other lights scattered around it.

The lights were travelling at a low altitude, were not visible over a large area and appeared to be moving in unison, as if attached to a single large object.

A Ukrainian priest observed an emission from one of the lights like candle drippings whilst a military witness, who watched the objects through night vision binoculars, saw a puff of smoke from one of the lights just as it went out.

Various explanations have been given for the incident, including a tight formation of “stunt” light aircraft but the complete absence of engine noise seems to discredit this theory. Military flares have been suggested but the Military deny that any of their craft were in the sky at the time.  

Astronomers are positive that the formation was not a meteor(s) or the planet Venus and the Aurora Borealis was ruled out by meteorologists.

Perhaps the incident was the results of a prank – one witness did claim to have seen “fire balloons” being sent up from a backyard. (Fire balloons are made by turning a plastic garment bag into a hot air balloon by attaching a candle or a small cup of alcohol or some other flame source to the bottom).

However, the objects, whatever they were, remain truly unidentified.

Update November 8th 2003

MASSACHUSETTS, GRAFTON – The observers report:

                "We were watching the lunar eclipse (With binoculars) when we observed a chevron-shaped formation travelling from east to west at a high rate of speed. The formation itself covered ten degrees of arc and traversed the entire sky in about thirty seconds. With the naked eye, the formation looked like ducks flying south with lights, but with binoculars it was possible to discern at least 20 to 25 separate points of light in a solid boomerang shape. There was absolutely no sound.