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UFO Sighting Report

Date:

October, 1996

Location:

Santa Barbara -area, California, United States

Summary:

Saw what I thought was early eve - first appearance of Vega, but it was in wrong place and then...

Date Reported:

2/16/2005 9:26:55 PM

Sighting Time: 

18:00

Day/Night: 

Dusk/Evening

No. of Witnesses: 

3

Duration: 

20 mins

No. of Object(s): 

Multiple

Urban or Rural: 

rural

Size of Object(s)

visual maybe 1 deg

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

believe out of Earths atmos

Shape of Object(s)

disc

Color of Object(s):

white

Full Description & Details

I am an astronomer and very expierenced sky observer and former planetariumdirector.

I had my 7x35 binoculars with me and I looked at this bright object and thru the binocs saw it was a disc with- like frost streamers comming off of it and then 2 to 3 other smaller objects ( craft ? ) came away from the larger object ( mother ship? ) and as they moved slowly away from it. I had the impression I was watching a very ex atmospheric - very large disk object and the relativly smaller 2-3 smaller craft manouvering around the object. I observed this lying on my back on a picnic table in astoundment for about 15 mins. Occasionaly looking away from my binoc eyepieces to see if another campers were about to also look. Finally a couple came by and at that point after I had asked them to look up... They saw briefly the object and then when I then tried to relocate this object in my binocs - it had dissapeared. It seemed to stay relativly stationary in a very high 90 deg sky altitude and 45 deg azimuth relative to Vega and Deneb which I had by then spotted and re oriented myself to the objects relative position in the sky.

Witness Background

Now age 60, astronomer and planetarium director and now head of our Foundation for Stars for Kids of South America - to bring understanding and enjoyment of the stars to all possible kids, schools and teachers of south america using portable Digitarium planetariums.

Other Comments

I am glad to have a venue to report this to now in Feb 2005. I have also seen two more very strange phenomena in the sky I would like to report as well as a connection to who I feel is a for real abduction victim I encountered when I was in the Patagonia area of way south Chile... Plz advise.

Reported Sighting? 

Yes

Reported To: 

Called LA newspaper and Griffith Obs in LKA toask if they has seen anything - they had not

Name: 

Vic Stryker

Your Location: 

Santa Barbara California USA

Age: 

60

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