NUFORC Sighting 33865

Occurred: 1998-01-14 21:00 Local
Reported: 2003-12-17 00:30 Pacific
Duration: APPROX 15 MIN

Location: Litchfield Park, AZ, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Aircraft nearby

AIR FORCE FIGHTER JETS CHASED UPSIDE TRIANGLE SHAPED CRAFT OVER ARIZONA SKIES

I WAS DRIVING WEST BOUND ON CAMELBACK ROAD, BEHIND LUKE AIR FORCE BASE ENR TO MY NIECE'S HOUSE IN WADDELL, WHICH IS 20 MILES WEST OF PHOENIX. MY THEN FOUR YEAR OLD SON WAS IN THE CAR WITH ME. WHILE DRIVING DIRECTLY BEHIND LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, SIX FIGHTER JETS TOOK OFF RIGHT OVER MY CAR. INITIALLY I THOUGHT IT WAS NIGHT MANEUVERS, WHICH WAS UNDERSTANDABLE DUE TO TENSIONS IN THE PERSIAN GULF AT THAT TIME. BUT THEN I WONDERED ABOUT HOW SAFE IT WAS TO TAKE OFF SO CLOSE BEHIND EACH OTHER, AND I SAID TO MY CHILD THAT THOSE BOYS LOOK LIKE THEY'RE REALLY GOING OUT TO FIGHT. THEN MY ATTENTION WAS DRAWN TO THE SOUTHWESTERN SKY, WHERE I SAW IT. IT WAS A HUGE, UPSIDE DOWN TRIANGLE, WHICH WAS LIKE SMOKED GLASS, WITH BRIGHT ORANGE LIGHTS ON EACH POINT OF THE TRIANGLE. REALLY WEIRD STUFF WAS GOING ON AS I WATCHED THE PLANES FLYING DIRECTLY TOWARDS IT. THEN SUDDENLY, IT WAS GONE, JUST LIKE TURNING OFF A LIGHT SWITCH. I HAVE NEVER FORGOTTEN THAT EXPERIENCE, AND HOPE NEVER TO SEE ANOTHER THING LIKE IT FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.

Posted 2003-12-19