Clear video of object falling in Massachusetts

[Sharon Hill]

Curious about this one. It's a clear video. Obviously not a hoax but nothing was found or otherwise reported that I could tell.
Pembroke MA, June 25 at dusk.

https://whdh.com/news/watch-unidentified-floating-object-caught-on-camera-in-pembroke/

 

[Ann K]

It's something flying away from her, not "falling down" as she claims.

 

[Calter]

It's likely a helicopter, someone on Reddit has already done all the work so I'll share their comment

This looks like a helicopter, probably something like an EC-135 or similar based on the tail, traveling away from the camera... not an object falling straight down or landing. I think it's just forced perspective creating the optical illusion it's coming straight down and I see this effect with aircraft often. I'm going to try and find some more accurate information on the location and see if there's anything on ADS-B Exchange and if so I'll update my comment.

Edit:

Looks like it was an EC-145 MedEvac helicopter (callsign N144NE) at roughly 1650 ft

Location in Pembroke where object was filmed from


Source: https://imgur.com/a/q9yyphX


Further zoomed in


Source: https://imgur.com/a/KF7Zud6


Proof this is the location of the hot tub object was filmed from


Source: https://imgur.com/a/60H0guh


Track of N144NE that shows in passes over this location


Source: https://imgur.com/a/uIcXM4M



Source: https://imgur.com/a/cxrd35N


ADS-B Data showing N144NE as it's about to cross McCormacks field of view from her hot tub at 9:02:50 PM


Source: https://imgur.com/a/pwsnfB4


Edit 2:

I didn't see his comment when I made mine 5 hours ago but looking thru the comments I see that u/aarddvaarkk deduced the same thing roughly an hour before I did so he deserves some credit as well.

https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/s/9I0WIv6DDM

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?replay=2025-06-26-01:02&lat=42.036&lon=-70.832&zoom=11.4

She describes it as "really quiet" but she's also in a hot tub so the sound could have easily been drowned out.

 

[MapperGuy]

Curious about this one. It's a clear video. Obviously not a hoax but nothing was found or otherwise reported that I could tell.
Pembroke MA, June 25 at dusk.

View attachment 82026

https://whdh.com/news/watch-unidentified-floating-object-caught-on-camera-in-pembroke/

A helicopter or plane flying away from her.

 

[John J.]

At the very start of the video clip, I get an impression of very slight flickering around the object at each end.
I'm wondering if it's a helicopter- perhaps a Chinook- with light reflected off the rotors.

Edited to add: written before I saw @Calter's post!

 

[RTM]

In a perfect world I'd like a news organization to ask if it fell anywhere.

 

[Calter]

Some did ask around to the authorities,

In this one https://whdh.com/news/watch-unidentified-floating-object-caught-on-camera-in-pembroke/ it says

...
We asked the fire department and they said they don't have any report of something like that falling from the sky.

So far, no reports of other sightings or potential explanations from local fire or police departments.

And in this one boston25news.com (which is geo-restricted to the US but I'm quoting from what it says in the reddit post) it says

...
The FAA said they did not get any reports of debris in the area and was not able to comment on the video, saying they don't comment on any third-party videos.
...
The Pembroke Police Department said they did not get any reports of debris in the area, neither did the Pembroke Fire Department.

 

[Z.W. Wolf]

From this thread: https://www.metabunk.org/threads/steve-sprague-personal-ufo-sighting.14271/#post-346380

But it started dropping straight down until I lost it.

Ordinary perspective. We've seen this confusion before.

https://www.metabunk.org/threads/an...flying-over-my-house.13669/page-3#post-324337

It's a pretty common misperception that crops up in meteor reports.

If anyone can remember specific cases of this kind of misperception, it might be worthwhile gathering them together in a specific thread.

The most striking example I can remember was in connection to the LA Mystery Missile. In that case the "missile" was perceived as going straight up.

The list so far...

LA Mystery Missile
https://contrailscience.com/los-angeles-missile-contrail-explained-in-pictures/

Suspected Meteor fireball photographed Gloucester UK 9 March 2014
https://www.metabunk.org/threads/su...9-march-2014-sunset-contrail.3274/#post-94366

Washington State Island "Mystery missile"
https://www.metabunk.org/threads/explained-washington-state-island-mystery-missile-helicopter.9787/

Anomalous triangular object filmed flying over my house
https://www.metabunk.org/threads/an...flying-over-my-house.13669/page-3#post-324337

Steve Sprague - Personal UFO Sighting
https://www.metabunk.org/threads/steve-sprague-personal-ufo-sighting.14271/#post-346380

Clear video of object falling in Massachusetts
https://www.metabunk.org/threads/clear-video-of-object-falling-in-massachusetts.14305/#post-347714

 

[MonkeeSage]

Some did ask around to the authorities,

Unfortunate that the reporters basically asked an XY question by asking about something falling instead of asking about something flying in the air.

 

[Mick West]

Quick Sitrec (link later, there's a bug with importing Google Earth polygons)