Occurred: 2008-01-04 00:00 Local
Reported: 2008-02-18 14:24 Pacific
Duration: 1 hour?
No of observers: 2

Location: Indianapolis, IN, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object, Emitted other objects

Multiple Triangle shaped UFO's in V formation, then slowly follow interstate in Indianapolis

On the morning of January 4th, 2008, just after midnight, my Fiancée and I were driving east on E 96th street in Indianapolis, IN. As we approached Indianapolis Metropolitan Airport‎ (a small Cessna airfield and flight school) to our north west, I noticed about 6 bright yellowish/white lights in a V pattern; only it looked more like a “check” because the last top-left area was not lit. I’m familiar with “Lights over Phoenix” and I called my good friend who is quite skeptical of the famous video. At this point, I assumed I was looking at a couple Cessnas doing night training, but I wanted to call my friend and tell him what I was seeing just for fun. While I was on the phone with him, my Fiancée pointed out that there was a 7th light now in the sky next to them- and much to my surprise, I looked up to see the 7th light duplicate to reveal an 8th light, which instantly glided into position, turning the “check” into a “V.” Two minutes into the event, as we neared the small airport, it became evident that the lights were not tiny Cessna aircrafts. We could now also make out that each ball of light was in fact three large white lights, as if a commercial airliner had a large spherical light on the bottom-front of the plane and one large spherical light on each wing tip. About another 30 seconds passed and the “V” shape broke up and each aircraft began to pass over head. At a stop light, I opened my car door and stepped out to get a better look at these “planes.” It was when one was right over head that I noticed a tiny red beacon in the very center of the aircraft that was blinking. There were no stars in the sky, and I cannot 100% fully verify that the triangle shaped craft was connected all the way around- but for whatever reason, despite never seeing a photo of one, I just assumed it was triangle shaped. It’s like I could make out the darker matter. I couldn’t make out wings or anything, but my mind saw it as a triangle.

My fiancée asked me what was going on, and I told my friend I would call him back. I told her I thought the planes were actually “UFO’s” because at that point I had no idea what they were and I wanted to scare her. They were large, triangular shaped crafts who made no noise as they passed overhead. I’ll reiterate that it was midnight on a deserted street and literally no noise could be heard. I turned into an apartment complex and physically got out of my car and attempted to take a picture with my phone. My hand couldn’t stay still and with the VGA resolution I snapped a blurred picture that looked more like headlights than anything else. I deleted it when I got home (before I realized the significance of our encounter.) Because I couldn’t bring myself to fathom alien crafts, and my fiancée didn't appreciate me trying to freak her out, I just assumed I was witnessing some new airliner which I’d never seen before and began to drive home. I took I-69 south and noticed one of the aircrafts following the highway. This struck me as extremely odd because I’ve lived in Indy for quite a while and never before had I seen a low flying airliner simply “follow” the highway. It passed overhead and I saw a few more off in the distance. It was actually really eerie. I’d never felt like that before.

I got home and Googled whether or not Indianapolis International had any delays or runways out, explaining why so many aircrafts were simply cruising around the city at low altitudes at midnight. Literally every flight was on time. That’s the last I thought about this event until today when I stumbled upon a website describing these triangle shaped UFO’s with three white lights and a center red beacon. I noticed how they mentioned these crafts fly low over populated areas, and even follow highways. When I read that line I literally got chills. I’m not going on record saying I witnessed alien crafts, but I will stand by my report that I saw exactly what all of these websites are describing as “triangle shaped UFOs.” The physical description and behaviors mimic exactly as what I witnessed. I felt that I had an obligation to tell somebody or some organization that I witnessed a number of these crafts. I’d sure like to know what they were. I’d draw you a picture but it would look exactly like the dozens out on the web right now, except the center red light was about a quarter of the size as the three white lights. Well, that’s that.



Posted 2008-03-04

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