NUFORC Sighting 32977

Occurred: 2003-08-15 23:15 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2003-11-09 22:30 Pacific
Duration: 6 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Issaquah, WA, USA

Shape: Triangle

I did not report this and have been looking for information to see if anyone has seen a similar object. I do not want notarity. I am a 57 year old professional engineer and after years of looking at the night sky I have never before seen anything that I would describe as a ufo or any other object similar to what I saw up close in August. I do not remember the exact date, but it was an unusually clear and moonless night. We live in the foothills east of Seattle in an area sheltered from city light. I went out in the yard and was laying on a blanket watching for meteorites during a period of expected meteor showers. It was quiet except for the sounds of owls in the woods. After about half an hour I noticed something approaching very fast, very low and blocking out the stars to the east in my peripheral vision. As I looked upward, a large boom-a rang shaped object passed overhead at an altitude I would estimate as 500 to 1000 feet. It had no lights, absolutely no sound and seemed to be traveling at a supersonic speed without any accompanying sonic boom. I remember saying out loud "What the..." at which time a cargo bay or some opening on the bottom center of the object lit up with a blueish white light. I could see visible framework in the rounded front, rectangular opening. Just as quickly, the light went out. It had lit up for perhaps three seconds. Within two more seconds the object disappeared over the foothills to the west. It had passed from horizon to horizon in perhaps six seconds. Again it was extremely low, had no navagation lights and absolutely no sound. We have jet aircraft pass over our home in the day. NOTHING travels as fast as what I saw that night. My own wife scoffs at my story and says it must have been a meteor. It wasn't. I have not and do not intend to tell this story to anyone else.

Posted 2003-11-11