NUFORC Sighting 173413

Occurred: 2017-02-15 19:30 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2022-12-14 21:01 Pacific
Duration: 60 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Seattle, WA, USA
Location details: By the Ballard Locks

Shape: Cigar
Characteristics: Animals reacted

Mirror-like cigar shaped craft slowed to a stop above us, rotated and then climbed in altitude so fast it was gone in a moment.

My partner at the time and I were walking home with our dog after taking her out to go to the bathroom before heading to bed. We lived in an apartment by the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, WA. We were facing SW, towards the direction of the ocean.

At first I thought I was seeing a biplane with no lights on flying way too close to the city - but it made no sound. I opened my mouth and pointed at it to my partner and as I did so it began moving in a way that didn’t make sense if it were a biplane. I remember asking what the heck is this at that point.

Silent and mirror-like. The color of the craft was so stealth it was as if it reflected the night sky around it. You could almost say like it moved as if it was not even in the same night sky. It was just so quiet for how big it was and as much as it was definitely there it was also very difficult to really “see” it. However I also think that could be an effect from the perceptual dissonance of seeing such a huge flying craft so close with an utter lack of sound. I’d never seen anything like this. Complete mindf***.

My partner quickly saw it as well. We had very much an “oh s***” moment as it came from what looked like over the ocean, maybe 500ft in the air, crossed half a mile NE and dropped down to a stop about 100ft above us.

Me, my partner and even my dog were staring at this thing for possibly 10-15 seconds as it stopped and slowly rotated like a football being spun on the ground. Then just as soon as we were able to register what was happening and that something phenomenally out of the ordinary was above us, it began to raise in altitude and as fast as it started - it was over. Couldn’t have taken more than 3 seconds to completely disappear into the night sky.

Posted 2022-12-22