Clearly saw a flying boomarang-shaped object that made no noise and had no running lights in Morocco.
I was backpacking in Europe and Africa in 1998 and met two other backpackers at a hotel in a town in Morocco. I was 23, male, American; others were early 20's Scottish and Canadian, both male. Other witnesses had been smoking hash, I was completely sober. We were on the roof of the hotel watching a meteor shower. There was a (wedding?) party a few blocks away from us with big flood lights that were periodically blowing out all the lights in our section of the town, and there were few street lights. While I/we were looking up, the object flew directly over us, and I watched it travel from almost directly over us where I first noticed it to the horizon. With no reference objects in the sky I can only guess at the size and speed. If I held my hand above me at arm's length my thumbnail would have almost covered it. It took 5-6 seconds to travel about 60 degrees across my field of vision. It seemed much lower than the stars, and I could clearly see the edges, so my guess is it was between the size of a single prop plane and an airliner, flying at about 10,000 feet (higher than a prop plane but much lower than an airliner). The shape was perfectly geometric: draw a circle, cut it in half, then remove two half circles with the "corners" touching from the straight line where the original cut was made and that would be the exact shape. The result if you were drawing it should be something like a rounded boomarang with a point comming out of the back. It made no noise at all, and had no running lights. It appeared to have a dull orange glow; the closest thing I can compare the color/glow to is the coil of an electric stove when the coil is just starting to heat up. I cannot say if the glow was coming from the object or was a reflection from the lights from the party.
In any case, it was not very bright and since it made no noise, I do not think I would have seen it if I had not already been looking up.
I discussed the sighting with the other witness from Scotland and it was evident he saw what I did; the witness from Canada said he was "not sure what he saw" and would not discuss it. It didn't really have a "haze or aura around the object" so I didn't check that box, the light was more like "on" the object and didn't extend from it.
If someone wants a verbal description or clarification, or can tell me what it was, I do not mind being contacted by phone or email.
((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD))
I was backpacking in Europe and Africa in 1998 and met two other backpackers at a hotel in a town in Morocco. I was 23, male, American; others were early 20's Scottish and Canadian, both male. Other witnesses had been smoking hash, I was completely sober. We were on the roof of the hotel watching a meteor shower. There was a (wedding?) party a few blocks away from us with big flood lights that were periodically blowing out all the lights in our section of the town, and there were few street lights. While I/we were looking up, the object flew directly over us, and I watched it travel from almost directly over us where I first noticed it to the horizon. With no reference objects in the sky I can only guess at the size and speed. If I held my hand above me at arm's length my thumbnail would have almost covered it. It took 5-6 seconds to travel about 60 degrees across my field of vision. It seemed much lower than the stars, and I could clearly see the edges, so my guess is it was between the size of a single prop plane and an airliner, flying at about 10,000 feet (higher than a prop plane but much lower than an airliner). The shape was perfectly geometric: draw a circle, cut it in half, then remove two half circles with the "corners" touching from the straight line where the original cut was made and that would be the exact shape. The result if you were drawing it should be something like a rounded boomarang with a point comming out of the back. It made no noise at all, and had no running lights. It appeared to have a dull orange glow; the closest thing I can compare the color/glow to is the coil of an electric stove when the coil is just starting to heat up. I cannot say if the glow was coming from the object or was a reflection from the lights from the party.
In any case, it was not very bright and since it made no noise, I do not think I would have seen it if I had not already been looking up.
I discussed the sighting with the other witness from Scotland and it was evident he saw what I did; the witness from Canada said he was "not sure what he saw" and would not discuss it. It didn't really have a "haze or aura around the object" so I didn't check that box, the light was more like "on" the object and didn't extend from it.
If someone wants a verbal description or clarification, or can tell me what it was, I do not mind being contacted by phone or email.
((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD))
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Chechauoene (Morocco)
Morocco
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Occurred : 8/20/1998 22:00 (Entered as : 08/20/1998 22:00) Reported: 8/26/2010 9:26:44 AM 09:26 Posted: 8/30/2010 Location: Chechauoene (Morocco), Shape: Changing Duration: 6 seconds
Clearly saw a flying boomarang-shaped object that made no noise and had no running lights in Morocco.