NUFORC Sighting 139611
Occurred: 1958-01-31 20:00 Local - ApproximateReported: 2018-04-25 09:33 Pacific
Duration: 5 minutes
No of observers: 1
Location: Wantaugh, NY, USA
Shape: Sphere
Characteristics: Lights on object
Illuminated ball with rods protruding. Silently moved east to west. Very low. About 40 feet off the ground.
The U.S. had just launched the Explorer 1 satellite and the news said it was visible to the naked eye at approximately 8 pm eastern time. I went outside our home with my father to see the satellite. My father quickly gave up and went back inside the house but I stayed outside.
Shortly after he left, I observed a illuminated ball with rods protruding from it just slowly moving from east to west. I vividly remember that if I was on my neighbors' roof, I would be able to grab on to it. It made no sound.
From my memory, the ball was about 60 feet across. I watched it until it disappeared going west.
As I was just one month past my 6th birthday, I thought I had seen the satellite, and that's what I told my parents.
It was years until I realised that I had seen a UFO.
NUFORC Note:
Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD
Posted 2018-04-26
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