Appearance / Description of Object(s)

Three white lights in a perfect line with the appearance of equal separation from each other. The lights were white, but they weren't shining lights, they weren't flashing around. The white objects just appeared to be round, and were about half the size of my little finger nail at arms length.

Size of Object(s)

I have no idea of actual size?

Description of Area / Surroundings

Wakeman was a small town of 1100 people, in a urban area. It was a beautiful clear star lit night, no wind, hot evening. The closest military area was 20 miles away in Perkins township, a suburb of Sandusky, Ohio. The installation is a NASA facility where the largest vacuum chamber in the World operates, testing future spacecraft products like bearing that were lubricated or floated on air bearing and etc. They also tested all the static spacecraft engines for the furure spacecrafts. The complex was operated through the Lewis Research Center. The NASA center is still in operation near Sandusky, Ohio.

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In 1955, on a hot July night, on our front porch, with my mother and father, who were new members of the local UFO Club, we witnessed three UFO's flying from West to East. My Science teacher happened to be the club president, and because I was under 18, I was not permitted to attend.

The sighting began, as the Witzlabon family, also member of the UFO Club, came riding by with some of their family in a pickup truck and yelled, see Louie and Doris ( my parents), there are UFO's and pointed to the UFO's as they approached near the front of our home.

I am and had always been interested in Science, and like mom and dad, noticed the three white lights traveling one behind the other, going West to East at a speed slow enough to notice that one continued in the East direction, but the other two objects made a 90 degree turn South without slowing down.

I immediately knew that no human being could survive the G-Force of a 90 degree turn at the speed. The objects were three white lights, no flashing lights, no noise, no con-trail........that told me that they were not powered by a fosil fuel.

Can sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or natural object?

These objects were not from our World. No human being in the 50's could withstand a G-Force turn of that magnitude. These three craft were not natural objects. I watch all aircraft......... the characteristics of the viewing were not natural, but three fast moving objects, and two turned South without slowing down.

Witness Background

Sales Engineer currently at Toyota Boshaku, have been a Sales Manager also for 22 years in composite molded products for OEM automobile Worldwide, seven years of plastic system and crash sled R&D before sales career, one of three inventors of first impact crash dummy for the OEM automobile manufacturing industry, one of two inventing micro-cellular shoe sole system........the system on all your shoes that does not wearout and replaces leather.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

We had read about UFO's, and knew what we had seen at that moment. Mom and dad also were given a copy of George Adamskies UFO book, and my brother and I had found it in their dresser drawer a week or so before our sighting.

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Appearance / Description of Object(s)

Mottled grey rectangular box, half the size of a video box, totally no-descript, totally camouflaged when not lit. No sound, no wings, no lights.

Size of Object(s)

It was half the size of a video box and it was 2ft from my face.

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

2ft away, appx 6ft altitude

Description of Area / Surroundings

rural/urban. housing estate.

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First off, I am an intelligent, articulate 50 year old UK citizen. I am employed, solvent and in full retention of my faculties. I saw what I saw and I know what I saw.

I smoke, ok that's not a good start. I never smoke in the house, I always stand in the rear doorway and always have one around 10-11pm before I go to bed. I see a lot of strange lights in the sky, but as I am on the flight path to Bristol airport I put them all down to commercial aircraft. In fact, many that look strange at first sight become very normal after a couple of minutes study. It's just something I do whilst smoking.

Except one night. It was late in the year, pitch dark.

My garden does not contain any lights. There is a 6ft garden wall 30 feet away, and on the other side is a street light. Nothing strange in that.

I am stood there gazing around, when something caught my eye. On the oher side of the garden wall I caught a quick glimpse of something flying along the footpath under the streetlight. I saw it for about a second, and it was the altitude of 5ft and the fact that it flew into the light from the streetlamp that made me notice it. I thought it was very odd.

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I see something in the shadows fly vertically up the other side of the garden wall between me and the streetlight. It then flies horizontally over the wall, drops down to head height into the darkness and flew directly at me across the garden. It literally flew to within 2ft of my face, and I saw it clearly.

I thought it was going to fly straight into me, but at the last second it simply flew straight up the side of the house vertically into the darkness.

It was a rectangular box, with a mottled grey finish. It had no wings, it made no noise and it had no eyes or feet. It was not a bird or a bat, they simply do not fly that way.

To this day I wish that I had reached out and grabbed it, or that I had a net to trap it with. Whatever it was, it was under intelligent control, it had the ability to fly, and navigate, and to change direction through 90 degrees instantly.

I do not live near anything of 'national security' importance, just a rural area on the fringes of Bristol UK, the footpath simply goes into a cul-de-sac on a housing estate. Where it came from or where it was going is anybody's guess, but I saw it, it was there, it was right in front of me, and it existed.

Can sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or natural object?

It was absolutely not an animal or bird. It had no visible means of propulsion. It made no noise. It had no lights. It demonstrated 90 degree directional changes on both the vertical and horizontal plane.

Witness Background

Data Analyst. IT Background. Worked for many of the UK's largest banks.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

I believe that many if not all UFO's are military craft. This is quite simply because all UFO reports in all countries are always handled by the Air Force or the Security Services. If they were considered a danger or were really 'unknown' then governments would be asking for assistance in reporting sightings...they don't. They discourage them. That explains a great deal.

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Appearance / Description of Object(s)

The object was a matte gray, definitely non-reflective and looked like a large 55gal drum. No lights were emitted.

Size of Object(s)

I estimate the size of the object to be 10ft tall by 7.5ft wide. I gather this estimate by comparison with the height of the trees it was in front of. Relative size, add an inch to both height and diameter of a 12oz pop can.

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

Estimated distance from me is 150yrd and height at 40ft.

Description of Area / Surroundings

Rural transcending to Suburban, along the shore of Grand Lake St Mary's. The lake has a military history as an inert bomb range, but is no longer used for that purpose. Closest military base is Wright Patterson AFB in Dayton, OH. There is a small airport in Montezuma, OH on the other side of the lake and one in New Knoxville, OH about 20 miles from my locaiton at the time.

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I was driving east on Ohio State Route 703 from St Marys to Celina. West of the WSU extension campus I heard a high pitched tone through my window (it was about half way down). I looked toward the noise and saw a cylinder shaped object keeping pace with me against the trees and along the shore of Grand Lake St Marys. The object kept pace with me for about 0.25miles and entered into some wooded lots that also had homes. When I reached the other side I no longer saw the object but could hear the tone become fainter and fainter as I gained distance from the last known location.

The trees are about 40-50ft high, all pine. The object was near the tops and was about 1/5 the height of the trees. I was about 125-150yds from the tree line. The object looked similar to a very large flying 55gal drum that was dark grey in color. Weather conditions were overcast with a slight breeze coming off the lake, the water was not very choppy. I was traveling at 60mph and the object was keeping pace with me. I noticed the drive of a pickup in front of me was also looking out the window and tapped his brakes when I could no longer see the object. We pulled up side by side at an intersection of OH703 and OH29 and asked eachother about the object. He was driving an F-150, I was driving a GMC Sonoma. He (Steve McGregor of Celina, OH) told me he thought it was spinning on the vertical axis, I did not think it was spinning, but it was asymetrical with no lights, could make it hard to tell. He also noticed the high pitched tone.

On the way home I took the same route back, I did not hear the high pitch tone nor did I see anything resembling what I had seen on the way there.

Can sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or natural object?

Hard to say. My dad was in the USMC for 22yrs living around aircraft much of my life I have never seen anything I would say resembled this. My best guess as a man made object would be some sort of rocket stage maybe falling. To the best of my knowledge no such rockets are launched in this area. I would not rule out the possibility of this object being man made.

Witness Background

I have a background in Chemistry, Statistics, and Quality Engineering. I am a Six Sigma black belt and am finishing up my QA engineering degree. I grew up on military bases and was used to seeing aircraft on a near constant basis as well as other military vehicles. I do not believe that aliens exist.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

I believe UFO's are what they are and that the term is relative. If you can't ID a flying object, it's unidentified. A UFO and become and IFO later on. Do they have anything to do with alien species? I don't believe aliens exist.

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Appearance / Description of Object(s)

Electric bluish glow with mechanical movement evident ( propulsion area) or possible anti gravity device.

Size of Object(s)

I could only see the glowing area within the circle, so I really wasn't able to discern vehicle shape or size. glowing area appeared to be about 10 Meter diameter.

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

Directly overhead it seemed about 300 meters high

Description of Area / Surroundings

desert. Flat.

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During an early morning shift while part of a field exercise at Twenty Nine Palms, I witnessed an unusual event.

My duties that evening were to retrieve message dispatch reports from a GP tent 70 or so yards away. Every hour I would follow this path in desert and pick up this report and deliver it to the officer on duty that evening. At just before 3:00 am I began to make my way to the S-2 Intelligence tent to retrieve the report. As I walked to the tent,

looked up at the evening sky because the stars were soo overwhelming to view in the desert night sky. One star caught my eye that evening because it seemed unusually vibrant blue, and I wasn't sure if it was moving, so I stopped moving and stood still. Sure enough the object was moving, and it seemed to be slightly unstable as it made its way across the sky towards my general direction. I thought this was going to be one of those distant viewing opportunities, but I found that as the object moved in my direction It became larger and larger. It continued to move with a very slight wobble at times. Its path actually crossed directly overhead. What I saw was quite interesting. The detail of where the light was emmenating was quite visible and easily discernable. As the object travelled across my path it seemed to be about 300 to 400 Meters above me . I saw a bluish white light being generated from a circular area which appeared to be about 8 to 10 Meters in diameter. Inside the circle of what appeared to be a kind of ionized or ozone charged field of light, I could actually see what looked like two globular like shaped ( Machine components ) swimming continuously back and forth in concentrically. As the orb like detail moved back and forth, they seemed to leave wakes behind them which they would continue to rotate through. Within the circle, where the shapes oscillated, I saw a rail road-like pattern, very turbine like, but not spinning. There was no sound, of this I'm certain. It moved in the sky in an L-pattern, then hovered for a moment and began to ascend. i quickly ran back into our GP tent and asked the Officer on duty to come outside and look at something. I pointed to the object which was still discernable. But i don't think he immediately saw what I was trying to get him to see until when he finally looked and commented that it looked like a blue star. Amaizingly this object did in fact move straight up until it really was not discernable from all the other stars in the sky.

Can sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or natural object?

Possible man made.

Witness Background

B.S. Transportation Design. I design automoblies for General Motors.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

I did not read books about or spend time thinking about UFOS until after that night. I saw what I saw. I don't really know what it was, but it did seem unusual and a little strange.

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Appearance / Description of Object(s)

Round, saucer shaped with a slightly offset bottom section (a little smaller than the main body). It was a dark color, I don't know which because it was a rather dark night. It had softly glowing, undulating , multicolored lights toward the bottom at what must have been the back of the sphere (propelling the thing I guess ) .

Size of Object(s)

Looked to be about 250 ft in diameter and about 60 ft. high.

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

It was about 100-150 feet above my head.

Description of Area / Surroundings

Rural area nestled between mountains in Eastern Kentucky. There is a regional power grid not too far away.

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I was 15 at the time and was poling a boat down the Eastern fork of the Kentucky river late at night looking for a good fishing spot. I heard a soft humming sound overhead and looked up. About 100 feet above my head was a huge round object with dim multicolored lights at its bottom toward the back. It hovered there above my head for about 30 seconds and then shot at an unbelievable speed across the mountain in the distance (about 2 miles). It covered the space in about 3 seconds. I poled the boat to the shore and ran home without stopping (about 2 miles). Remember it as plain today as then although I am almost 56 years old. Believe it folks. They are out there.

Can sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or natural object?

Definitely not man made. They didn't have anything that could come close in 1957. The sky was crystal clear, no fog. Object was very, very close and scary.

Witness Background

I work in telecommunications at a major large city hospital in Kentucky. I have a degree in Electronics and am certified in Biomedical technology.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

I don't spend a lot of time reading about ufo's. I am satisfied in my mind they are real and I believe some day we will all know what is was that I saw.

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Appearance / Description of Object(s)

Glowing disc. Could not see any edges....just radiating light.

Size of Object(s)

1-2 feet width, 6 inches height.

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

Closest proximity approaced 1 meter.

Description of Area / Surroundings

Wooded area behind my home in the suburbs of Edmonton.

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To whomever reads this. Rest assured this is a real exerience. Even though this occured back in 96 I still remember it very clearly, and I feel it is important that I report this now.

Behind my home was a wooded area. I frequently went for bikerides and played there at that time I was 13 years old. It was the middle of the day, while me and a younger friend of mine were playing with an ant colony in the woods. One of us turned around and alerted the other to a strange band of light floating several feet above the ground a few meteres away from us. We did not know at first what it was so we stood there at first questioning eachother what it was and wether or not it was some sort of optical illusion. It was moving somewhat erratically up and down but in an overall direction towards us. To our horror, it approaced within 1 metre of us and we realised this was no illusion and ran out from the woods and home.

Looking back on this, I dont know whether it was something spiritual or some sort of bizarre craft.

Can sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or natural object?

Some sort of optical illusion involving a reflection of the suns rays against spider webs or other objects in the woods.

Witness Background

Currently a graduate student.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

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Appearance / Description of Object(s)

The main body was like an upside down saucer with a cylindrical 'turret' on the top. The 'turret' was approximately 3 feet across and 2 to 3 feet high and appeared to rotate. It had windows perhaps of a green color that may have been 8 sided. The main body was approximately 12 to 15 feet across and approximately 4 feet thick and was supported by legs...I think 3, which held the craft 4 feet off the ground. There was a ladder that reached the ground from the center underside. The craft was skin was metallic. the windows gave off some light.

Size of Object(s)

The measurements I gave were based upon a city neighborhood street. The craft could fit in the center of the street with a car parked on either side.

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

I was 50 to 60 feet away at most.

Description of Area / Surroundings

This was an neighborhood in our city. Nearby there is a small airport for light planes etc. There is an elementary school nearby . The streets are lined with houses on either side... from curb to opposite curb perhaps 30 feet. The houses are single family ranch style homes built in the early 1950's. We had the normal compliment of telephone poles. Each house generally had a 10 foot easement between them.

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This sighting took place approximately 40 years ago. I saw this as a child but did not start to remember it until my late 30's to early 40's. My memory has me standing in the middle of my street in the winter time. It must have been in the early morning hours.... there was no one around and very quiet. It had just snowed and the reflection of the street lights on the snow made it very bright. I was directly in front of my house. I had no recollection of going outside. There in front of me perhaps 50 or 60 feet was this saucer shaped craft. It had an upper turret that rotated slowly ... that part had some windows that might have been eight sided. The shape of the craft was similar to a lid on a teapot ...the top being small and cylindrical. It was supported by legs ...I think 3. It had a ladder from the center underside down to the ground. A distance of approximately 4 feet to the ground. The totat size of the craft was 12 to 15 feet across and maybe 6 or 7 feet high. It made little or no sound.

The amazing thing about this memory is that I absolutely KNOW that it happened because my brother saw it too. About 4 years ago my older brother and I were hiking ( winter time) at a local area overlooking town. We stopped and talked for a while about life etc. I decided to tell him of my 'memory' of the UFO. I was fully expecting him to laugh and question my sanity. As I was relating to him about the craft he interrupted me and said "I saw it too"....he went on to describe the way it looked with details of the windows and the size and shape and the ladder down from the center, just as I remembered it.!! He and I had never discussed this as kids. I did not start remembering until several years ago. My brother explained that no one would believe him... so he quit talking about it. In fact he bought a telescope to see when they would come back! I have asked my mother and she does not remember us reporting anything.

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Further information from the witness (received on 4-2-06):

I have more to add. The 'turret' or top of space craft perhaps did not rotate but rather the lights inside cycled one window to the next following the perimeter of the 'turret' giving the effect of rotation. I just talked with my brother....' he was in the house looking out his bedroom window( my room was next to his). He watched the craft for maybe 'two minutes'. He did not see me and does not remember anything else.' What is really strange to me is how I can't remember 90% or more of my early childhood. Prior to seventh grade, things are a bit cloudy. This is well known with my mother and brothers. Some things stand out in my memories but I have large gaps of time missing.

I hope this helps. I am frustrated, to say the least, that there are so many skeptics out there. And of course the government denials I find insulting. Perhaps someday the truth will come out.

Can sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or natural object?

No

Witness Background

I am an aircraft mechanic. I have some college and trade school.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

Before the sighting I was probably ignorant of any of it. After the sighting and in my early adult years I always felt like they were real and that we on earth are not alone. Upon remembering the sighting ( in my mid 40's) I absolutely believe that there are other life forms and we have been visited for a very long time. I was probably not exposed to much information on UFO's prior to the sighting as I was fairly young.

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I have often wondered if I was abducted at this time of sighting . My recollection was of standing in the middle of the street , at night, in the winter. The angle that I would have had to see the object from my bedroom was not the angle that my memory sees it from. I was thrilled and relieved when my brother shared with me that he saw the same event.

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Appearance / Description of Object(s)

The object was round, a perfect circle of bright light. The colour was similar to a cars headlights, a very bright white yet it was not the colour of a white piece of paper. The object reminded me of a light seen on a lighthouse.

Size of Object(s)

It seemed large, the relative size seemed about five cm. It looked larger than an aeroplane but much smaller than the moon. The height was definitely the same as the width - 30m, maybe it was considerably larger than this, 100m perhaps. While it was present I found it nearly impossible to estimate the size in figures. Even as I sit and write I am finding it hard to put an exact figure on its size.

Description of Area / Surroundings

A rural area on the old A17 near Jubilee Bank in Clenchwarton. There is a sewage works a few miles away. A power station is a few miles away in Saddlebow. RAF Holbeach and RAF Marham are nearby military sites. There is also a Tail Sluice at Saddlebow.

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I was returning from my swim session in King's Lynn. I cycled along my usual route home and as I approached Clenchwarton I heard a voice calling to me. "look over here", "look up here" is what I think he said but I cannot remember the exact words but someone definitely told me to look. There was not a pedestrian or cyclist in sight, only cars.

The voice was inside my head not audible. I am certain I did not imagine it. Immediately I looked to my right as I cycled and saw a object in the sky. My first impression was a headlamp had been placed in the sky. The sky was clear near the object. I quickly realized it was a UFO so I decided to stop and take a photograph. It was not safe to stop so I cycled a few more metres, keeping one eye on the road and the other on the object, I stopped at the roadside and placed the cycle on the grass and removed my gloves. The bright object remained motionless. It seemed low in the sky but I have seen fast jets fly past much lower.

I stood at the roadside looking at the UFO, I wanted to take a photograph but I stood there looking at it. Maybe I was in awe at the sight but I wondered if something was controlling me, preventing me from reaching for my camera. After a few minutes I attempt to remove my camera from my pocket. It was difficult to do this without looking so I took my eyes off the object, got my camera out, looked up to find the object had left without making a sound. I saw purple blotches in front of my eyes which I think were a result of the light emitting from the UFO.

I took two photographs as I wanted to comfirm the purple blotches were not real. As expected the purple blotches did not appear on the image. Secondly the photograph provodes information about the sky, level of light, date and time. I looked into the sky for a few minutes hoping it would return. It did not so I put my camera away, donned my gloves and continued my journey home.

Can sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or natural object?

No. Planets do not vanish into thin air or fly away while one is removing a camera from a coat pocket. It was not the moon. It definitely was not an animal, aeroplane or a cloud. I cannot believe it was a man made object as it was so bright and large. It was far too low in the sky to be a satellite.

Witness Background

I will tell you a little about my background. I have an electrical qualification. I have worked as a painter and decorator at RAF Marham. I worked in the barracks, Officer's Mess, the married quarters, hangars and on an air traffic control tower.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

This was my second sighting. I believe there are aliens out there. I had seen a few web pages and read a book called Abducted by Ann Andrews and Jean Ritchie. I am reading The World's Greatest UFO & Alien Encounters at the moment.

Other Comments

I am certain it was an alien starship. I wonder if it was performing an experiment or some kind of research.

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Appearance / Description of Object(s)

It seemed to be at a great distance, perhaps a mile and a half or more away from my position. But it was a clear view, as there were absolutely no clouds to obstruct my view of it. It seemed to be spherical, as round and defined as a metal marble, and shiny like polished chrome. What appeared to be a reflection of the sun was consistent with its relative position- that being from my vantage point the sun was slightly to my left while facing west/northwest, and the object to the right of the sun. The "reflection" was on its upper left side, and the visual distortions consistent with a chrome ball or maybe the backside of a spoon were, at what seemed quite a distance, visible.

Size of Object(s)

The relative size was between three-quarters of an inch to half of an inch. There was nothing near enough to gauge what I thought would be its actual size, it was higher than any trees, lightposts, buildings or telephones. But if I were to make a completely naive guess, it could have been as big as eight or possibly ten feet across.

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

One mile and a half to two miles away, at an altitude of no higher than six hundred feet.

Description of Area / Surroundings

The area of my shop is mostly restaurants, some nightclubs, a few retail businesses. Nothing real industrial in nature that I can think of. There is an air force base miles away, south, near Clear Lake. Towards the area where it could have been hovering over would be similar to where my shop is, with the execption of some neighborhoods, apartment complexes, but otherwise typical retail businesses and strip centers.

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It was approximately 5:15 p.m. I was standing in front of my store near the intersection of Richmond Ave and Fountainview, facing west/northwest. Weather conditions all day long had been clear skies, not a cloud to speak of, medium winds, and somewhere in the mid to high '60s. I had stepped outside the store to smoke a cigarette, and I walked to the western end of our front walkway. As I reached the end I looked up casually, and I immediately saw this metallic sphere. It drew my attention because it was the only thing in the sky besides some birds and the sun. The sun was obscured from my view by a building on the same side of the street as my shop, which would be the south side of Richmond Ave. This sphere stood out from the light blue of the sky on account of its shiny appearance; it looked somthing like a highly polished metal marble, maybe like a small pinball or a large bearing. It appeared to be hovering, or at the least it was making no movement. As I started to try to register what I was looking at, it gradually disappeared. I use the term gradually because it was not sudden. Likewise, it didn't take a long time, but it just evenly and gradually dissolved into the same color as the sky. I was even more astounded at its disappearance than I was at the first glimpse of it. I was in mid-sentence in my conversation with my friend and I began to stammer, trying to verbalize what I'd just seen. "I just...I saw....I saw something weird just now..." A few seconds later, maybe fifteen to twenty seconds, the sphere reappeared instantly and in approximately the same position. I hadn't let my eyes wander nor did I look away, I was scanning in the same area of the sky, at something like a fifty-to-sixty degree angle up, in a west/northwest direction. It seemed to make no motion initially, but after about eight seconds it made an arc to the left and upwards, continuing then to the right, as if to draw a small half circle from the bottom, leftwards, to the top, and starting- as it were- from a six o'clock position to the twelve o'clock position. Maybe a couple of seconds then, and it disappeared as quickly as it had reappeared previously. I had seen something more unexplainable than I've ever seen in my life, and I hung up with my friend and continued to stare at the same area in the sky for a few minutes, giving way finally to scanning broader and broader fields until I was convinced I wasn't going to see anything else.

Can sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or natural object?

It seemed to be on the same side of the horizon as the sun, and with no clouds to speak of it stood out in contrast to the light blue of the sky. The sun was still at a position of about ten o'clock. I could all but precisely make out the objects finite shape, that of a spere, but it definitely didn't have wings and I could detect nothing in the way of blinking lights or moving parts (like blades on a helicopter). The way it disappeared and reappeared, as well as its arc-movement, I don't know of any man-made aircraft which can do that. I've seen the way the sun reflects on the side or the underbelly on some commercial airliners as they make a slow bank turn- it wasn't that for sure. The only thing I could compare it to is a highly polished, chrome/metallic surfaced sphere. I don't know of anything in nature which would come close in comparison to what I saw.

Witness Background

I manage a video store. I've worked retail and delivery, inventory control for a small warehouse/storefront business. I'm an amateur musician, having played in rock/alternative bands for over fifteen years. I've been drawing as long as I can remember and take various illustration and design jobs on freelance. I graduated high school, in college I only got as far as Associate of Arts, but I am a voracious reader- History of Middle Earth, National Geographic books and travel journals of Sir Richard Francis Burton, Mayan/Aztec/Incan archaeology, and lately books concerning the JFK assassination and the ensuing discoveries of links between principles of that and the evolution of the intelligence apparatus, all the way up to Bush, jr. and the current war. And my personal recommendations for your reading pleasure would be "Creature from Jeckyll Island" by G Edward Griffin, and "End of Sanity" by Martin L Gross.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

I have to be skeptical. I always have been- in regards to UFOs in any case. When I was young I went through a phase reading books (aimed at children) about UFOs and aliens and men in black and all that. Over the years of growing up (I'm 36) I've seen the countless frauds and hoaxes exposed. I had all but decided there was no such thing. I still have to wonder about all the Area 51 and Roswell, NM business. But I watched a UFO video one time called "Voyagers of the Sixth Sun" which reported on "ovni" or UFO sightings in Mexico since the solar eclipse of '91 (I think?). That video made me rethink what I believed about visitors from space, or at the least the existence of technology, regardless of whose it is, which is unlike anything the general population of the world is familiar with. What I saw today would appear to be the same as some of what I saw on that video, in terms of the appearance and the way it disappeared and the minimal movement I observed. When I looked up and saw it, it was already hovering there. It could have been there longer, but from the time I saw it to its final diappearance was a matter of less than a minute.

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I have always considered myself to be a rational thinking person. I have scoffed at people who try to make their statements the final word about anything. When I've heard "eyewitness testimony" about supernatural things, I take it with a grain of salt. I never take one person's word, and I guess I really never consider anything to be a closed case- I'll listen to any opinion or argument. With God as my witness, over the course of about forty-five seconds I became "one of those people", the ones who claim to have seen a UFO. But I saw what I saw, and I've never seen anything like that in person before. With my own eyes I witnessed something I cannot for the life of me explain.

Reported Sighting? 

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Appearance / Description of Object(s)

A small red single engine plane.

Size of Object(s)

more or less about the size of a Piper plane

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

About fifty metres away from us and and about 20 to 30 metres in the air

Description of Area / Surroundings

Petrol station beside the highway. Restaurant and rest area. The rest is countryside.

Full Description & Details

We were on our way to work when the incidente took place. Three work companions and I were on our way to work. I was sitting in the front passenger seat and it was a clear morning in spring. We were on the highway travelling from Talavera de la Reina to Oropesa, which is about twenty minutes away hitting hard on the gas pedal. Anyway, we were going straight when suddenly we all noticed a small red aeroplane flying around pretty low. We thought it was a bit weird since we had never seen planes flying low in that area before. The plane seemed to fly away and then do a half circle and come back towards us.We actually saw the plane fly past us and then suddenly stop as though someone pressed a pause button. The plane just stood there frozen hovering above a petrol station. We gazed at the scene with a "WoW man" expression on our faces. We just could not believe what we had seen.

Can sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or natural object?

Conventional man made

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

I haven't got any deep knowledge on the subject although the topic has arroused my interests every now and then especially when X-Files was a great TV hit a few years ago

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