NUFORC Sighting 71211

Occurred: 2009-07-04 23:15 Local
Reported: 2009-07-21 11:53 Pacific
Duration: about 2 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Seattle, WA, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object

Three Red/Orange hovering lights in the Seattle metro area

On the evening of July 4th, sometime between 11 and 11:30pm, I stepped out onto my balcony to have a cigarette.

While there, I witnessed an object travelling from the east at a slow speed, at a relatively low altitude (higher than a sea place off Lake Union, lower than a jet taking off from Sea-Tac, if that makes any sense). I could not make out the general shape of the object, but did observe that it had one large red light, and a smaller orange light next to, and seemingly behind, the red one. The object executed a shallow turn, gradually heading south. It suddenly appeared to stop, and hovered for several seconds. About this time, an identical object came from same direction, following a seemingly identical flight path. It also stopped, and hovered slightly behind the first object. After it began to hover, a third identical object came into view, and fell into formation behind the previous two.

The three objects hovered in what I can only describe as a loose crescent formation, for at least 30 seconds. Shortly after the appearance of the 3rd object, I stuck my head in the apartment and told my roommate they should come and see this. They came outside, and witnessed a good deal of the event.

Sometime after the 30 second mark, the first object floated upwards and disappeared. Following this, the remaining objects moved closer together, and almost seemed to touch one another. They then separated, hovered for a few more seconds, and finally drifted upwards and disappeared as well.

I would estimate the entire event, from the appearance of the first object to the disappearance of the latter two, was about 90 seconds to 2 minutes in duration. Though, frankly, it's difficult to say as I was more than a little surprised to be seeing this, and thus wasn't paying attention to the time.

These clearly were not fireworks of any kind. Also, the lights on these objects were not consistent with what I've witnessed on traditional aircraft. There was no white/clear light, and none of the lights on the objects blinked or flashed at any time. They were also silent, and seemed to have a slight "wiggle" in their movements. There's a lot of air traffic in my area, so I see planes and helicopters every day. I feel safe in saying these objects were very odd, in both their behavior and appearance.

Please feel free to contact me if you need any further information.

Posted 2009-08-05

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