What Fell From The Skies Over Freetown Forest in the Fall of 1942?

“None of the witnesses saw any “human forms,” and one witness suggested perhaps it was parts of a plane that fell to the ground. But no plane parts were found. “None of the citizens reporting to police were certain that the objects floating down were human, but they were certain that “something” had descended over the Freetown and Assonet areas.”

What fell from the skies over Freetown Forest on the night of November 4, 1942? I don’t know. And neither did the witnesses who saw the “objects” descending from the sky and down into the forest that night, nor did the police who investigated the incident. After receiving four separate reports that night from nervous citizens who witnessed the event, police took the indent very seriously. 

Some witness described the objects as looking like parachutes. And why wouldn’t they? It was the dawn of World War II and anything suspicious would certainly be percieved as relating to the war. It isn’t unlikely that those scared citizens believed the Germans had started their invasion of Bristol County!

None of the witnesses saw any “human forms,” and one witness suggested perhaps it was parts of a plane that fell to the ground. But no plane parts were found. “None of the citizens reporting to police were certain that the objects floating down were human, but they were certain that “something” had descended over the Freetown and Assonet areas.”

Sargent Michael Ryan was on duty on Brightman Bridge in Fall River that night, when he was approached by two separate individuals, at two different times. The two witnesses’ stories were almost identical. Patrolman Michael Hart was stationed at the other side of town when someone approached him with the same story. By the time an anonymous call came into the station, police were already on alert. 

Authorites searched the woods and found nothing. They contacted the Army who reported they assured them they were not involved in the incident in any way. The mystery was never solved. It is just another page in the open book of the Bridgewater Triangle.