Burlington Vermont Airport: Radar Tracks Three Objects Merging at 1,500 MPH
At Burlington International Airport in Vermont, airport radar tracked three small objects joining with a larger object, then separating. Speeds of up to 1,500 mph were recorded. Observers described them as very bright lights 'unlike anything I had ever seen before' according to an air traffic controller. Recorded by MUFON.
Background
A report from Burlington, Vermont, dated 22 March 1980 describes three small targets tracked by airport radar. According to the account, they joined a larger target, separated again, and then moved east; the reported speed was up to 1,500 miles per hour. An air-traffic controller also described very bright lights. MUFON recorded the case. It documents a reported radar observation and witness account, not an independently verified performance or identification of the targets.