NUFORC Sighting 30326

Occurred: 2003-07-22 17:30 Local
Reported: 2003-07-24 00:12 Pacific
Duration: 1 minute
No of observers: 3

Location: Naperville, IL, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Aircraft nearby

2 jetliners 1 glowing white Triangle ufo, intersecting flight paths Triple Near miss Clear Day .

It was about 6:30pm central, not sure on the exact time, give or take an hour, no more.

I was out side on our brick deck, grilling, when I heard a loud rumbling jet in the sky, curious I wandered in the grass to get a look. It was a regular airliner jet, blue in color with silver or gray wings, fairly low in the sky, about 15,000 feet? Flying an east to west flight path. Moments later, another passenger jetliner, red with white wings, intersected the path of the first jet but at a lower altitude of 9,000 feet, at a South to North Path. I was fascinated they did not hit each other, it could be considered a near miss. Suddenly after the two jets safely started making their way from what appeared to be over lapping each other, I saw a glowing white outline of a sharp peaked triangle fly inbetween these two jetliners with a slightly Northwest to Southeast flight path Going the same speed as the 2 jets.

The bottom portion of the triangle did not appear to be there, there wasnt an outline like the two sides, which formed directly into the steep nose to the craft as if it did not need wings, and the middle of the triangle appeared to just be plain blue sky. The glow of the outline did not appear to be a form of light, just a hazey opaque white that gave the illusion it was glowing. Kind of what a piece of frosted glass looks like, If I were to estimate, it would be a 30-40 degree angle in the triangles shape makeup.

It was not cloudy in the portion of the sky, directly above my head where all the sightings took place. Altough there were High, white puffy storm clouds on the eastern horizon. Not at all distorting any view of the events.

I instinctively ran in the house to grab a camera after an adrenaline rush from fascination, and came out to be disappointed with awe, as I could not find the flying white triangle any more.

The 2 pilots of the jetliners HAD to have seen this craft, Visually, AND on radar. So I am counting them as witnesses.

NUFORC Note:

We wonder whether the white, triangular object might have been a delta-winged, turboprop pusher, e.g. a LearStar, or a similar aircraft with swept wings. Just a guess. It is very difficult for an observer on the ground to determine an accurate range to a object of even known size. PD

Posted 2003-08-01