Size of Object(s)

15' wingspan

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

100'

Shape of Object(s)

V or boomerang

Color of Object(s):

Red flares, black tubes.

Full Description & Details

I saw this object on the Fourth of July. I am not absolutely sure of the year though. I was about 15 years old which would have been 1969, but it could have been '68 or '70.

At this time I lived in Jacksonville Beach, Fl.. Every year my town would have a great fireworks display down at the beach which would attract huge crowds. I went out into my driveway to see how dark it was. If it was dark enough I was going to walk down to the beach to see the display. I was in my driveway facing north. The sun had set, but it was still quite light outside. I remember the sky was very clear. I was looking up at the sky when I heard a "sizzling" like sound above and behind me. It sounded sort of like bacon frying. I turned around facing south and looked almost straight up. I saw an object that looked just like the letter "V". This object seemed very low. I estimate it was only 100 feet or so above my head. It was flying with the point forward due north. It did not look very large at all. I estimate it's wingspan at most to be 15 feet. It was composed of 7 very bright red balls that glowed like flares. These were connected by very black tubes. There was a flare at the leading point and 3 equally spaced flares down each wing. There was a flare at the tip of each wing. This object was flying in a perfectly level flight at very slow speed. I estimate it was only going 10-15 miles per hour at most. I could have kept up with this object on a bicycle easily. I also noticed very faint wisps of black smoke floating off of some of the flares.

My first thought was that this was some type of new firework I had never seen before. After all, it was the Fourth of July. But it was puzzling. It was flying so slow, and I could not tell what was making it fly. It was not shooting out sparks or flames like a firework normally does. Even the wisps of smoke I saw were just floating off of the red flares the way steam floats off a cup of hot coffee.

I watched as this object passed directly over me and continued north. I was still not completely sure if it was a firework, so I kept expecting it to come down. But it never did. It maintained it's speed, altitude, and perfectly level flight until it flew out of sight in the distance. We had an unobstructed view from my house almost to the horizon. I watched this object fly for several minutes. I knew then it was no firework.

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I am sending you a drawing I made of this object in Paint.

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