Triangular lighted object gives an amazing acrobatic display on I-5, August 27, 2005. 1:30 AM.
I was on I-5 northbound somewhere near Colinga returning from a trip from Nevada with my daughter. It was approx. 1:30 AM, my daughter was asleep.
There was an overpass in the distance maybe one half mile ahead when I saw an amazing acrobatic display of three lights (all attached to one flying vehicle, I could not see the structure of the vehicle itself but the lights were attached to something triangular). The lights were a blinding white and bluish color, almost like the headlights on new european import cars. The vehicle was flying very low turning rapidly and banking east to west then north to south along the freeway. I had the window down on my vehicle and was traveling approx. 75 mph, I heard no destinctive sounds. I was surprised that other cars were not stopping ( I did not stop either), I thought that this might be routine for local drivers. I thought that I was possibly seeing a helicopter crop dusting the citrus trees to the east of the freeway.
I am the type of person that would normally stop on the side of the freeway to see what was actually out there. I did not do so in this case, I was in awe,rattled, and honestly a little scared by the display. I have been to many air shows and aircraft events, but I have never seen this kind of performance in an aircraft at such a low altitude. The airspeed was a little faster than my driving speed of 75 mph. I estimate the aircraft's speed to be somwhere between 80 to 110 mph, but I am not quite positive.
When the event was over and I continued along the freeway I began to question what I saw: Was this a crop duster? Why would a crop duster be doing these displays over a busy freeway, and if so was he or she drunk and pulling a prank? Was this a military aircraft, and why would the military be so ignorant to pull a stunt like this over a busy freeway? Was this a sighting of a UFO? I still do not know what I saw that night and I felt the need to report it.
I was on I-5 northbound somewhere near Colinga returning from a trip from Nevada with my daughter. It was approx. 1:30 AM, my daughter was asleep.
There was an overpass in the distance maybe one half mile ahead when I saw an amazing acrobatic display of three lights (all attached to one flying vehicle, I could not see the structure of the vehicle itself but the lights were attached to something triangular). The lights were a blinding white and bluish color, almost like the headlights on new european import cars. The vehicle was flying very low turning rapidly and banking east to west then north to south along the freeway. I had the window down on my vehicle and was traveling approx. 75 mph, I heard no destinctive sounds. I was surprised that other cars were not stopping ( I did not stop either), I thought that this might be routine for local drivers. I thought that I was possibly seeing a helicopter crop dusting the citrus trees to the east of the freeway.
I am the type of person that would normally stop on the side of the freeway to see what was actually out there. I did not do so in this case, I was in awe,rattled, and honestly a little scared by the display. I have been to many air shows and aircraft events, but I have never seen this kind of performance in an aircraft at such a low altitude. The airspeed was a little faster than my driving speed of 75 mph. I estimate the aircraft's speed to be somwhere between 80 to 110 mph, but I am not quite positive.
When the event was over and I continued along the freeway I began to question what I saw: Was this a crop duster? Why would a crop duster be doing these displays over a busy freeway, and if so was he or she drunk and pulling a prank? Was this a military aircraft, and why would the military be so ignorant to pull a stunt like this over a busy freeway? Was this a sighting of a UFO? I still do not know what I saw that night and I felt the need to report it.
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Coalinga
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36.16
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CA
Occurred : 8/27/2005 01:30 (Entered as : 8/27/05 1:30) Reported: 12/1/2005 4:17:52 PM 16:17 Posted: 12/16/2005 Location: Coalinga, CA Shape: Triangle Duration: 2 minutes Characteristics: There were lights on the object
Triangular lighted object gives an amazing acrobatic display on I-5, August 27, 2005 1:30 AM.