Huge V shaped craft over Cayey, Puerto Rico
I didn't think I would ever make this report. Obviously I would have a long time ago if I had planned to do so.
I was watching the National Geographic Channel last night (history of UFO's) and something said there really struck me. A female witness to the 8 o'clock sighting of the large "V" shaped craft in the Phoenix area (I believe it was one of the first sightings of the Phoenix lights) said that the underside looked like compartments, similar to stores at a mall.
In late August, 1999 my wife and I witnessed a huge craft in the night sky above Cayey, Puerto Rico.
I was a Chief Cryptologic Technician attached to Naval Security Group Activity, Sabana Seca, Puerto Rico from August 1997 to July 2000.
We lived in Cayey for the entire period.
We had attended a party at the Chiefs' Club on the base and arrived home at approximately 2am. My wife had driven home and had not been drinking. I had a few, and didn't want to drive the 30+ miles.
We parked in the driveway and my wife was first out of the truck. On the sidewalk she stopped in her tracks, as I caught up with her, she said "please tell me you're seeing this".
When I looked up, I saw a huge craft in the sky to the west, directly over the city. The craft was at least a mile across. It was at a very low altitude, 100-150 feet above ground and was well lit by all the city lights. When I first saw it, it was at a range about a mile or so.
It slowly drifted toward us, heading east. As it approached Highway 52 (4 lane Autopista), it slowed and came to a complete stop. Then it rotated from an easterly heading to a north-northeast heading. I could then tell that it was shaped like a huge "V" and not a straight line.
As it rotated, the "wing tip" passed directly over one of the highway lights. The lights are 40-50 feet tall, and the highway is no more than 50 yards from where we were standing. Our vantage point was about 30 feet higher than the road surface, at the base of a large hill, on the east side of the highway.
As the tip of the right wing passed over the highway light and stopped, I could see detail on the underside. It was a dark grey color, nearly black. I was taken by how "boxy" it looked, not aerodynamic at all. There were several compartments and metal reinforcement structures that I could clearly see. There were no windows and no lights that I saw. The wing appeared to be 15-20 feet thick from top to bottom and massive in size.
I've been around many aircraft in the military (C-5's, C-17's etc.). Before the Navy, I worked for an in-flight catering company at Anchorage International Airport (Anchorage, AK) and have been in, around and under everything from a 747 to a DC-8. Nothing I've seen before even comes close to the size of this object.
After rotating, it stayed motionless, but only for a few seconds. It then started moving forward, slowly at first, then accelerated very rapidly and vanished into the darkness.
The entire sighting lasted 12-15 seconds. The craft made absolutely no noise. We were frozen there, motionless and speechless. We couldn't have gotten to a camera, even if one of us had thought about it. We stayed awake the rest of the night, talking about what we had seen. Predictably, my wife saw some things that I didn't (lights), and I saw some things that she didn't. I know that I became fixated with the underside of the wing above the highway light, and didn't look at the rest of the craft again until it started moving away from us.
((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD))
I didn't think I would ever make this report. Obviously I would have a long time ago if I had planned to do so.
I was watching the National Geographic Channel last night (history of UFO's) and something said there really struck me. A female witness to the 8 o'clock sighting of the large "V" shaped craft in the Phoenix area (I believe it was one of the first sightings of the Phoenix lights) said that the underside looked like compartments, similar to stores at a mall.
In late August, 1999 my wife and I witnessed a huge craft in the night sky above Cayey, Puerto Rico.
I was a Chief Cryptologic Technician attached to Naval Security Group Activity, Sabana Seca, Puerto Rico from August 1997 to July 2000.
We lived in Cayey for the entire period.
We had attended a party at the Chiefs' Club on the base and arrived home at approximately 2am. My wife had driven home and had not been drinking. I had a few, and didn't want to drive the 30+ miles.
We parked in the driveway and my wife was first out of the truck. On the sidewalk she stopped in her tracks, as I caught up with her, she said "please tell me you're seeing this".
When I looked up, I saw a huge craft in the sky to the west, directly over the city. The craft was at least a mile across. It was at a very low altitude, 100-150 feet above ground and was well lit by all the city lights. When I first saw it, it was at a range about a mile or so.
It slowly drifted toward us, heading east. As it approached Highway 52 (4 lane Autopista), it slowed and came to a complete stop. Then it rotated from an easterly heading to a north-northeast heading. I could then tell that it was shaped like a huge "V" and not a straight line.
As it rotated, the "wing tip" passed directly over one of the highway lights. The lights are 40-50 feet tall, and the highway is no more than 50 yards from where we were standing. Our vantage point was about 30 feet higher than the road surface, at the base of a large hill, on the east side of the highway.
As the tip of the right wing passed over the highway light and stopped, I could see detail on the underside. It was a dark grey color, nearly black. I was taken by how "boxy" it looked, not aerodynamic at all. There were several compartments and metal reinforcement structures that I could clearly see. There were no windows and no lights that I saw. The wing appeared to be 15-20 feet thick from top to bottom and massive in size.
I've been around many aircraft in the military (C-5's, C-17's etc.). Before the Navy, I worked for an in-flight catering company at Anchorage International Airport (Anchorage, AK) and have been in, around and under everything from a 747 to a DC-8. Nothing I've seen before even comes close to the size of this object.
After rotating, it stayed motionless, but only for a few seconds. It then started moving forward, slowly at first, then accelerated very rapidly and vanished into the darkness.
The entire sighting lasted 12-15 seconds. The craft made absolutely no noise. We were frozen there, motionless and speechless. We couldn't have gotten to a camera, even if one of us had thought about it. We stayed awake the rest of the night, talking about what we had seen. Predictably, my wife saw some things that I didn't (lights), and I saw some things that she didn't. I know that I became fixated with the underside of the wing above the highway light, and didn't look at the rest of the craft again until it started moving away from us.
((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD))
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Cayey (Puerto Rico)
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Occurred : 8/28/1999 02:00 (Entered as : 08/28/99 02:00) Reported: 7/30/2012 12:48:14 PM 12:48 Posted: 8/5/2012 Location: Cayey (Puerto Rico), Shape: Chevron Duration: 12-15 seconds
Huge V shaped craft over Cayey, Puerto Rico