NUFORC UFO Sighting 182597

Occurred: 2024-03-09 00:30 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2024-08-11 11:27 Pacific
Duration: About 30 seconds
No of observers: 1 - Military

Location: Strawberry Plains, TN, USA

Shape: Triangle
Color: Black/very dark grey
Estimated Size: 200 feet on each side
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: West
Angle of Elevation: 50
Closest Distance: 1000 feet
Estimated Speed: Very slow
Characteristics: Lights on object

It slowly flew over my house, hovered for ~5 sec, rotated 180 degrees, then shot off in 2 different directions.

I was sitting in my hot tub around 12:30 am. Looking West, I saw a dark triangle shape slowly fly over my house . It was oriented with one point leading, and the two rear points had a white light on each point. it's apparent size was about what you would get if you cut a paper plate into a triangle and held it at arms length. it flew for about 10 seconds until it was almost due North of me. It stopped and hovered for about 5 seconds, then rotated 180 degrees again over about 5 seconds. Once it stopped rotating, it paused for a second or two, and then two lights shot due North and due East to the horizon in seconds. My eyes followed the light going East and when I looked back the triangle was gone. My impression is that the triangle itself "broke" into two pieces.

As far as size and elevation I'm guessing, I have nothing to reference it to. It could of been big and low, or huge and very high. I live in the flight path of an airport, so I'm used to seeing planes come in and what size they are, but with this I just couldn't tell.

One of the strangest things about it to me is that even though I KNOW I saw it, even while I was looking at it there was a sense of doubt about what I was seeing, and to this day there is a sense of dread talking about it to the point it took months to report it.

I'm ex military, retired from telecommunications, and working part time in my retirement as a hypnotist.

Posted 2024-08-22