This appeared to be a very large object, traveling at great speed, with no sound.
On the evening of 2/24/05 at exactly 20:02 ( we received a phone call at 20:03 so the time was exact) I was saying good bye to a business friend in front of my house in Bellevue, WA. He had just unlocked his car so my eyes were diverted then I heard him say "What the heck is that" and so I looked up to where he pointed. I first thought it might be a shooting star but then noticed that the object appeared to be a line of stars or lights (maybe a comet). When my eyes focused more closely I noticed that the lights were in the shape of a large V. The lights were of the same intensity as the stars around. However the lights moved together at great speed and as one object. There appeared to be four or five lights per side of the triangle. When my eyes focused on moving object for a second or two, I then noticed that the object had to have great size and mass and was also moving at great speed. The object was first observed at a nearly overhead position and moved from overhead to the east and into the dull hazed light of the full moon. I will mention that the sky was completely clear and no clouds. It was also a complete full moon. The object moved east and faded into the moonlight within 10 to 15 seconds.
We were so excited. I am 53 years old and a gemologist for over twenty six years. My eyes are attuned to visual comparisons of light and color on a daily basis. I know what I saw was not a common plane or object. I am certain that we saw something quite unusual and if not very lucky to view it when we did that it would be very hard to view on a normal basis. This is because the object blended into the night sky so well and the lights that formed the object matched the starlight intensity exactly. This object was built to be difficult to see.
I estimated that the object traveled over the Seattle area from vertical sighting to the East in 10 to 15 seconds so the entire time over Seattle area was no more than 45 seconds to a minute. I also live where commercial jets do travel over my house from the south to north route. The object was 4 to 6 jets in width on each side of the triangle. That is to say at normal viewing it would take 8 to 12 commercial jets in width to produce an object that was of the size of the triangle we saw. Also the lights were white/whitish and NOT blinking green or red. I do know what this was but I have seen satellites, but not from my house and these lights on the craft were much brighter. The commercial jets that I see are commonly very easy to hear also. This object produced no sound.
((NUFORC Note: We believe this gentleman called NUFORC on the evening of his sighting, and we did not have time to speak with him at length, because of the airing of the ABC program on UFO's on this date. We will attempt to contact him
On the evening of 2/24/05 at exactly 20:02 ( we received a phone call at 20:03 so the time was exact) I was saying good bye to a business friend in front of my house in Bellevue, WA. He had just unlocked his car so my eyes were diverted then I heard him say "What the heck is that" and so I looked up to where he pointed. I first thought it might be a shooting star but then noticed that the object appeared to be a line of stars or lights (maybe a comet). When my eyes focused more closely I noticed that the lights were in the shape of a large V. The lights were of the same intensity as the stars around. However the lights moved together at great speed and as one object. There appeared to be four or five lights per side of the triangle. When my eyes focused on moving object for a second or two, I then noticed that the object had to have great size and mass and was also moving at great speed. The object was first observed at a nearly overhead position and moved from overhead to the east and into the dull hazed light of the full moon. I will mention that the sky was completely clear and no clouds. It was also a complete full moon. The object moved east and faded into the moonlight within 10 to 15 seconds.
We were so excited. I am 53 years old and a gemologist for over twenty six years. My eyes are attuned to visual comparisons of light and color on a daily basis. I know what I saw was not a common plane or object. I am certain that we saw something quite unusual and if not very lucky to view it when we did that it would be very hard to view on a normal basis. This is because the object blended into the night sky so well and the lights that formed the object matched the starlight intensity exactly. This object was built to be difficult to see.
I estimated that the object traveled over the Seattle area from vertical sighting to the East in 10 to 15 seconds so the entire time over Seattle area was no more than 45 seconds to a minute. I also live where commercial jets do travel over my house from the south to north route. The object was 4 to 6 jets in width on each side of the triangle. That is to say at normal viewing it would take 8 to 12 commercial jets in width to produce an object that was of the size of the triangle we saw. Also the lights were white/whitish and NOT blinking green or red. I do know what this was but I have seen satellites, but not from my house and these lights on the craft were much brighter. The commercial jets that I see are commonly very easy to hear also. This object produced no sound.
((NUFORC Note: We believe this gentleman called NUFORC on the evening of his sighting, and we did not have time to speak with him at length, because of the airing of the ABC program on UFO's on this date. We will attempt to contact him
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Bellevue
USA
15 to 20 Seconds
15 to 20 Seconds
47.60
-122.17
triangle
WA
Occurred : 2/24/2005 20:02 (Entered as : 02/24/2005 20:02) Reported: 2/27/2005 10:00:17 PM 22:00 Posted: 4/16/2005 Location: Bellevue, WA Shape: Triangle Duration: 15 to 20 Seconds Characteristics: There were lights on the object
This appeared to be a very large object, traveling at great speed, with no sound.