NUFORC Sighting 181261

Occurred: 2024-04-24 23:40 Local
Reported: 2024-04-25 06:18 Pacific
Duration: 5 min
No of observers: 1

Location: Indianapolis, IN, USA
Location details: Front yard of the house. Had a clear view of the sky for the inital sighting.

Shape: Triangle
Color: black
Estimated Size: Small to medium fighter jet size
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: Northwest
Angle of Elevation: 60
Closest Distance: one to three miles
Estimated Speed: speed of a typical helicopter, maybe a bit slower
Characteristics: Lights on object

Two craft with a triangle light formation on the bottom and a flashing strobe light and zero engine noise flew past when I was outside.

I went outside around 11:40 PM EST to let my dogs out in the front yard of my house. Shortly after going outside, I noticed two blinking lights somewhat off in the distance, moving in the sky from north to south. As the lights got closer, I could start to see a triangle light formation on the bottom of the craft. There was also a blinking white strobe light on both crafts. I could make out the same triangle light formation on both crafts. Both crafts appeared to be identical. I could not see the craft clearly enough to make out its entire shape. I could mostly just see the triangle light formation and a blinking strobe light. But there was enough light to tell that these triangle lights were attached or part of the craft and not just floating lights. The two crafts were flying one in front of the other but with a safe enough distance between them. I would estimate the crafts' size to be about equal to a small or medium-sized fighter jet, like an F-16 or F-15, for example. The crafts made absolutely no sound whatsoever. No engine noises. No visible engine exhaust or afterburner. I would say these crafts were flying at about the same level you would expect a helicopter to be at if it were flying across a city. They were flying relatively slowly.

At this point of viewing the craft for maybe about a minute, I decided to run inside and get my phone as fast as I could to film. The time it took me to get my phone and start the video is probably about a minute. Unfortunately, I was not able to film when they were close enough to make out the triangle light formation. I filmed the craft continuing to fly north to south over the city of Indianapolis. By the time you see the craft in the video, I would say they are over downtown Indianapolis or possibly the Indianapolis International Airport. The craft flew in a relatively straight line when I could see them close. By the time they get over more of the city, they seem to be farther apart than when I first saw them. I wanted to go down to the end of the street to keep filming but decided to take the dogs inside first. By the time I came back outside, I could no longer see either of the crafts. I stayed outside continuing to look at the sky.

3-5 minutes after returning outside from letting the dogs in, I noticed a small white orb high in the sky. It appeared much higher in the sky than the two crafts I had witnessed. I saw the orb moving slowly in the sky for about 5 seconds when it suddenly vanished into thin air. I continued going in and outside for a few hours to see if any of the crafts returned, but clouds rolled in, and I did not see anything else that night.

A few details about the video: During the video, there appear to be three lights in the sky, but the light furthest to the right is a star, I believe. There also appear to be some bugs flying around near the camera at the end of the video. I did not have my camera’s auto-rotate feature on, and at one point in the video, I turned the camera horizontally, causing the video to be sideways. I do not have any video of the white orb I saw; it was gone before I could turn my camera back on.

I would consider myself very knowledgeable about what most military aircraft and helicopters from World War II and newer look and sound like. I read about military aviation quite frequently and have been to many airshows.

Posted 2024-04-27