NUFORC UFO Sighting 185328
Occurred: 2024-12-14 19:30 LocalReported: 2024-12-15 21:48 Pacific
Duration: 90 seconds
No of observers: 1
Location: Pensacola Beach, FL, USA
Location details: Near-top story of a vacation resort tower onlooking the gulf of mexico
Shape: Oval
Color: Black
Estimated Size: Half the size of a standard car
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: I'm looking southbound into ocean, object came from southeast moving southwest
Angle of Elevation: 45
Closest Distance: about ~250ft from condos
Estimated Speed: Fast? 85-90MPH?
Explanation: Drone - Possible
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object
Black, highly engineered, steel carbon(?), size of half a car, red+green blinking lights, no noise, moved quickly, traveled westbound
I’m staying in Pensacola Beach, FL on a vacation, near the top floor of a resort tower on the beach. I took this vacation to get away from everything, including news. I heard of the drone news stories on my 7 hour drive down to Pensacola. I discovered I had XM Radio in my car just before leaving, which I don’t remember paying for, so I was flipping through the dial Friday around the border of Alabama and Florida when I came across the drone story. I found it interesting but mostly just brushed it aside.
It was about 7pm here and already dark yesterday. I have an ocean-facing view on the Gulf of Mexico with oversized glass windows and sliding door. I saw bright lights outside in the sky. I figured it was a commercial airplane, and ignored it. In the corner of my eye, it got closer. Still, I thought it was an aircraft, but the lights were unusually bright (they were blinking). I was stretching on my foam roller and didn’t want to get up, but it was already unusual.
It came so close to my deck that I found it a little disturbing. I then thought it must be a one-man military bomber or something. It came closer still, I changed my mind, and brushed it off as a drone. I said to myself that these prosumer drones are getting so advanced. I thought it was a little disrespectful they’d fly a drone to spy on people (some pervert watching women undressing or whatever). But as I laid on the floor, I couldn’t believe how bright the lights were. It flew right by my deck, probably 250 feet out. I leapt off the floor jumped onto my deck just in time to see it fly away from my deck, continuing along-side the coast, as if it were spying on all the resort condos and hotels, west-bound.
As I watched it fly away, I realized it was far too advanced to be a prosumer drone. Honestly, it looked like Chinese or American military, but even then, I question and doubt if the militaries have the technology to build a drone like that. It looked exceedingly advanced, and it seemed to hover or effortlessly fly through the air. There was no noise. It looked like it was engineered out of black carbon steel, maybe. Like I said, it looked like an impressive piece of technology, nothing I ever seen before.
Amazingly, I still brushed it off. It wasn’t until an hour or two later that I connected it to the drone news reports. I started researching the drone stories from my laptop and saw pictures and descriptions of the New Jersey drones. Terrifyingly or curiously (take your pick?) the drone I saw looked exactly as described by many news articles. It was quite bright, with flashing red and green lights. I’d estimate it was about half the size of a car. Once again, it made no noise, and it seemed to fly quickly and effortlessly. It was following the path of the shore about 250 ft out from the resorts. It seemed to just be capturing information and gathering intel. I didn’t sense it had any weapons.
I’ve had some time to think about it. This may sound crazy, but I think it was extraterrestrial. I don’t think military can make drones that advanced, effortlessly fly without noise, on an energy source. Also, why would military use blinking lights? The lights looked designed to get attention.
Posted 2024-12-16
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