NUFORC Sighting 119754

Occurred: 2015-06-25 02:50 Local
Reported: 2015-06-25 13:53 Pacific
Duration: 60 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Lakebay, WA, USA

Shape: Triangle

Observed what at first believed to be a "slow" falling star, which evolved into dark triangular objects flying in a line then

On June 25, I awoke at 2:50 a.m. and stared at the sky, seeing stars, with the overcast of two hours earlier having cleared. My bed headboard abuts a large window allowing me to gaze almost directly upward. It is common for me to waken about every two hours or so, as I did this night.

I saw what at first I thought was a falling star, a dot of light, but it was slower than normal. After a brief arc it blinked out. Following the line of sight ahead, I was surprised to see a dark charcoal triangular shape moving along the same line and at the same speed as brief dot of light.

In disbelief, I grabbed my glasses and looked again. Along the same line, I saw the same shadowy dark charcoal triangular shapes against the black sky, one after another, equidistant apart. I did not count but guess I saw six or seven in a row. At the end, there was a group of five or six in a symmetrical formation.

As these objects passed, background stars were blocked from sight. There was no sound.

I have no idea what to make of it. I was not dreaming. Indeed, after searching the sky for a couple more minutes, I turned on the light and with an app on my smart phone took a compass reading of the direction. A close approximation was a heading of 206 degrees (plus/minus), or south by southwest.

Location and Conditions: I live in Lakebay, Washington, about 2 miles southeast of Key Center, a small community. It is a wooded setting with no outdoor lights close by. My house was dark with no lights on. I am surrounded by high fir trees, distant about 30 feet away from my bedroom window, and about 80 feet away in the direction of the objects. There is a screen on the window out of which I was looking.

Considerations: Because of the initial observation of light, as a meteor, I have dismissed the thought that this could have been a flock of Canadian geese. Further, geese are noisy when they fly, constantly honking. Everything was a tad too symmetrical in any event.

Had they been planes or jets, I would have been able to hear them. It was absolutely silent. And because what I saw had size and shape, not just specks, planes would have been close enough to easily hear.

I cannot speculate on size, distance or speed. I have no idea what I saw. But I was awake and did see what I have described, definitely there but very dark. Again, the objects were a dark slate gray, just barely lighter than the background black night sky, covering stars as they passed by.

I am divorced, 65, and live alone.

Not an UFO kind of guy, I am not keen on publicity and prefer relative anonymity. Nonetheless, should you wish to contact you may, discretely.

Posted 2015-07-03