The police chief and residents of Richford couldn’t believe their eyes on this night, Friday, November 13, 1981.

Northern Vermont was in the midst of a blackout, and then people saw brightly colored orange lights. The Richford Police Chief looked at those two lights in the sky in wonder.

He radioed the local ambulance service to see if he was imagining things. He wasn’t, and it seems at least 25 other residents had noticed the glowing spheres moving through the sky as well.

The following night, a Newport City police officer and other Newport residents reported seeing a similar phenomenon in the skies over Newport.

Vermont Book Of Days photo