Occurred: 2025-08-27 20:30 Local
Reported: 2025-08-28 13:47 Pacific
Duration: c. 1 minute
No of observers: 1

Location: Gill, MA, USA
Location details: Maybe 1/2 mile beyond the Gill Police, Fire, and Safety Complex on east side of Main Rd.

Shape: Disk
Color: dull black
Estimated Size: 80-100 feet across
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: north east from my position on Main Road
Angle of Elevation: 80
Closest Distance: 1,000-1,300 feet
Estimated Speed: dead still
Characteristics: Lights on object

Dull black barbell shaped disk top with band of light and two groups slow pulsing lights

I was driving north on Main Road, Gill, MA at approximately 8:30 PM on Wednesday, August 27, 2025; heading past the municipal Police, Fire & Safety Complex; and subsequently emerging from the tree lined east side of Main Road when I saw on my right what at first I assumed was a plane of sorts. That was not necessarily remarkable except that the craft did not continue past me but “stood” there. I thought first that maybe the plane was moving in the direction of my car, which would not allow me to see its movement right or left. I then wondered if it could be some sort of helicopter, but it was too bright, stable, and quiet. It hung in place. I wondered if it could be a drone, but it was really so large that I did not see how it could be. I have seen things in the country sky in Gill for decades but was always able to conclude a commercial plane, Musk’s “string of pearls”, Westover Air Force Base military jets and planes, hot air balloon, etc. Not this time. I slowed way down so I could look. An unsettling feeling was coming over me, and I did not want to stop and get out because, quite frankly, I did not want to risk a possible abduction.

Incidentally, there was a car behind me, and I do not see how they could miss what I was seeing. I prayed the St. Michael prayer twice along with a Hail Mary and the Our Father, which combined takes more than one minute to recite. I think I observed this craft for maybe a couple of minutes until it went out of my driving sight around the lumber yard property and before one of Gill's family farms. I turned around at Lyon’s Hill Road and returned to the field, now on my left. There was nothing to see. I then turned around at South Cross Road and continued home, which is two miles from the Police, Fire, and Safety Complex.
The top or roof part of the craft was difficult to see against the dark sky, because as I later learned, the moon was in a waxing crescent phase with 18-19% illumination. But what I could see looked approximately like a dull black barbell. Underneath the roof was a solid band of light. Underneath the band of light were two sets of round lights, maybe 4-5 in each grouping, and separated by some unlit space. These lights were slowing pulsing in unison, maybe two seconds to high intensity and two seconds to low intensity. The lights were facing outward and not downward to the ground. All lights were white and bright, but not so intense that I could not look at them. I was not able to see the shape of the craft underneath as the lights obstructed the view. The craft seemed to be about 80-100 feet across, if I am forced to guess, though I do not have great confidence in my ability to estimate such things. It was big, however. The position in the sky I would estimate to be 1,000 to 1,300 feet upward from the field, at an 80-degree angle from where I was on Main Road and back towards where the field and wooded area meet; all this being across the street from several houses.

As an aside, and in case it could somehow be a noteworthy detail, I will point out that as a cell phone user whose service goes through the AT&T towers, this very section of Main Road is always a dead or dropped service area for me, and I would assume others. It is also probably no further than two miles or less, as the crow flies, to the great Connecticut River. When I arrived home, I shared this experience with a family member, and about twenty minutes after seeing the craft, I called my local police department to let them know.