NUFORC Sighting 28662

Occurred: 2003-05-02 09:30 Local
Reported: 2003-05-03 13:08 Pacific
Duration: 10-min
No of observers: 3

Location: Seattle, WA, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Aircraft nearby

Black Object Seen In Seattle

While Having A Smoke Break Outside Where I Work,I Watch Plane's Coming In For A Landing At Sea-Tac Airport,Somthing Caught My Eye.,Lookink Toward Downtown Seattle,I Noticed A Black,Round Object In The Sky.,At First I Thought It Was A Helecopter,But Then I Noticed That It Was Not.,It Was Very Cloudy,And This Thing Was Very Dark And Compleatly Black,No Noise,Then It Changed Shape,Into A Pencil,Then Back To A Round Shape.Two Other Co-Workers Saw It After Alerting Them About It.The Object Was Heading Straight At Me,Approx-1/2-Mile,Then It Turned 90-Degees,And Went Into A Cloud.It Could Have Been A Balloon,But It Was In A Designated Flight Path!

NUFORC Note:

We spoke with this witness, and he seemed to us to be both serious-minded in describing the sighting, and credible. He reports that he managed to obtain a photo of the object, using an inexpensive disposable camera, and he has consented to forward a copy of the photo to our Center, when the film is developed. The sighting occurred during morning hours. PD

Posted 2003-05-09