On two occasions, I've seen things I can't explain.
The first happened about 11 years ago, during summer, at night. I was at work, outside having a smoke, and I looked up and saw what appeared to be a satellite. They look like stars, moving "slowly" in a straight trajectory. This object did that for maybe 5 seconds, then it did a weird rapid acceleration/stop/acceleration/stop until it left my line of sight beyond some buildings. I know height is tough to gauge at night, but I had a feeling it was waaay up in the sky, if not in space.
My second sighting happened recently, I'm bad with time, maybe a year or two ago. I was walking to a train after work, again at night, around 9:30. I'm walking along this road, and I noticed lights above me, and when I looked up, I saw 3 white lights forming a triangle, with a blinking red light in the center.
I couldn't make out the shape of the actual craft, but I again watched it until it left my line of sight beyond a tree line, maybe a half mile or mile away.
Based on how low it was compared to the trees, I'd say it was about 400 feet off the ground. To give some sort of speed reference, from the time I saw it directly above me, until it left my line of sight, was about 15 seconds. Just cruising.
It didn't hit me until it was well gone, that it made no sound whatsoever, not a hum, nothing. It could've been 5 feet above my head and I'd have probably been oblivious. It was impressive, and unsettling.
I've seen FA-18 Super Hornets flying low, upside down, in person, so low that I could see the pilot. So based on the size of those, I'd say this craft was about 90 feet long. Super Hornets are about 60 feet I think.
I see Cessnas flying around here all the time, and even at a distance, you can hear them clear as day. I also noted that this craft didn't have the red and green lights that I thought were required by law.
I have a buddy at work I talk to all the time about this shit, and I didn't even tell him for a week or two, because it still seems so unbelievable, and I didn't want him to see me as some sort of bullshitter.
The first happened about 11 years ago, during summer, at night. I was at work, outside having a smoke, and I looked up and saw what appeared to be a satellite. They look like stars, moving "slowly" in a straight trajectory. This object did that for maybe 5 seconds, then it did a weird rapid acceleration/stop/acceleration/stop until it left my line of sight beyond some buildings. I know height is tough to gauge at night, but I had a feeling it was waaay up in the sky, if not in space.
My second sighting happened recently, I'm bad with time, maybe a year or two ago. I was walking to a train after work, again at night, around 9:30. I'm walking along this road, and I noticed lights above me, and when I looked up, I saw 3 white lights forming a triangle, with a blinking red light in the center.
I couldn't make out the shape of the actual craft, but I again watched it until it left my line of sight beyond a tree line, maybe a half mile or mile away.
Based on how low it was compared to the trees, I'd say it was about 400 feet off the ground. To give some sort of speed reference, from the time I saw it directly above me, until it left my line of sight, was about 15 seconds. Just cruising.
It didn't hit me until it was well gone, that it made no sound whatsoever, not a hum, nothing. It could've been 5 feet above my head and I'd have probably been oblivious. It was impressive, and unsettling.
I've seen FA-18 Super Hornets flying low, upside down, in person, so low that I could see the pilot. So based on the size of those, I'd say this craft was about 90 feet long. Super Hornets are about 60 feet I think.
I see Cessnas flying around here all the time, and even at a distance, you can hear them clear as day. I also noted that this craft didn't have the red and green lights that I thought were required by law.
I have a buddy at work I talk to all the time about this shit, and I didn't even tell him for a week or two, because it still seems so unbelievable, and I didn't want him to see me as some sort of bullshitter.