Long dark gray metallic object spotted in front of cloud, moving slower than a plane.
We were driving home, Northbound on a Delaware highway near Milford. I was in the front passenger seat of the car. It was sunny, and there were clear skies, except for a few clouds. I was just observing outside and I kind of slouched in my seat a bit. Then I looked forward, out the windshield and saw a dark grayish object moving very slowly to the right. What got my attention was how slow it was moving. It didn't look like a plane at all. It was long and thin like a cylinder, but for all I know it could have been round and I was just seeing it from the side. It was in front of the clouds, and it reflected sunlight at each end of it, like a metal object would. I watched it for about a minute, then reached down for my binoculars which were at my feet to get a closer look. When I looked back up, the object was gone. I thought it might have just disappeared behind the cloud for a moment, so I kept my eyes on the cloud for a good 5 minutes, but it never reappeared.
((NUFORC Note: Incident is reported to have occurred at 16:00 hrs. (Eastern Daylight Time) on July 16, 2003. We have had to amend the time above temporarily so our program will post properly on July 16. We will amend the time back to its correct time at a later date. PD))
((FOLLOW-UP CORRESPONDENCE WITH WITNESS))
What were the correct time and date, please?
Is this a serious report?
Thank you.
((RESPONSE))
sorry again, yes it's serious.
Date, please?? Today is the 16th.
((RESPONSE))
It was the 13th. July 13, 2003
((NUFORC Note: Date above corrected to July 13, 2003. PD))
We were driving home, Northbound on a Delaware highway near Milford. I was in the front passenger seat of the car. It was sunny, and there were clear skies, except for a few clouds. I was just observing outside and I kind of slouched in my seat a bit. Then I looked forward, out the windshield and saw a dark grayish object moving very slowly to the right. What got my attention was how slow it was moving. It didn't look like a plane at all. It was long and thin like a cylinder, but for all I know it could have been round and I was just seeing it from the side. It was in front of the clouds, and it reflected sunlight at each end of it, like a metal object would. I watched it for about a minute, then reached down for my binoculars which were at my feet to get a closer look. When I looked back up, the object was gone. I thought it might have just disappeared behind the cloud for a moment, so I kept my eyes on the cloud for a good 5 minutes, but it never reappeared.
((NUFORC Note: Incident is reported to have occurred at 16:00 hrs. (Eastern Daylight Time) on July 16, 2003. We have had to amend the time above temporarily so our program will post properly on July 16. We will amend the time back to its correct time at a later date. PD))
((FOLLOW-UP CORRESPONDENCE WITH WITNESS))
What were the correct time and date, please?
Is this a serious report?
Thank you.
((RESPONSE))
sorry again, yes it's serious.
Date, please?? Today is the 16th.
((RESPONSE))
It was the 13th. July 13, 2003
((NUFORC Note: Date above corrected to July 13, 2003. PD))
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Occurred : 7/13/2003 12:00 (Entered as : 07/17/03 16:00) Reported: 7/16/2003 10:33:35 AM 10:33 Posted: 7/16/2003 Location: Milford, DE Shape: Unknown Duration: 1 minute
Long dark gray metallic object spotted in front of cloud, moving slower than a plane.