Faint transparent rectangle with red & green southwest of Portland, Oregon.
I wasn't going to report this but since I see from this site's homepage that there have been others sightings in my area, I tought that I should relate my experience before all the others details are posted.
I live in a community southwest of Portland, Oregon. While I was outside looking at the night sky my attention was drawn to an object just NE of my zenith near the head of Ursa Major. The object was very faint, nearly transparent but certainly had some form. It was difficuly for me to judge it's size but I estimate that it was approximately 1 degree of arc. It's shape was either rectangular or oval.
The object being very faint, it was my impression that it was purposely difficult to see. Without it's movement, I may not have seen it at all. But once "locked on" I was able to follow it. The object was mostly black either because it was transparent against the dark sky or made of a dark material. I'm not sure which. But it did have a very subtle green and red glow.
The object moved in a straight line from Ursa Major due east past the "guardians" made a quick jog to the north and resumed an easterly course. I lost it soon after this course correction in the murkiness of the city lights and did not see it again. I estimate that the object covered about 50 degrees of sky in about the 4 seconds that I tracked it in front of me. It made no sound.
I can't really explain what I saw. I googled "ufo reporting" in hopes of finding something out and was pleased to see that the Portland area was at the top of your site although my event was a few nights earlier. I hope this information helps and I'll be checking back to see if any conclusions are made. I'd love to know what the heck it was.
I wasn't going to report this but since I see from this site's homepage that there have been others sightings in my area, I tought that I should relate my experience before all the others details are posted.
I live in a community southwest of Portland, Oregon. While I was outside looking at the night sky my attention was drawn to an object just NE of my zenith near the head of Ursa Major. The object was very faint, nearly transparent but certainly had some form. It was difficuly for me to judge it's size but I estimate that it was approximately 1 degree of arc. It's shape was either rectangular or oval.
The object being very faint, it was my impression that it was purposely difficult to see. Without it's movement, I may not have seen it at all. But once "locked on" I was able to follow it. The object was mostly black either because it was transparent against the dark sky or made of a dark material. I'm not sure which. But it did have a very subtle green and red glow.
The object moved in a straight line from Ursa Major due east past the "guardians" made a quick jog to the north and resumed an easterly course. I lost it soon after this course correction in the murkiness of the city lights and did not see it again. I estimate that the object covered about 50 degrees of sky in about the 4 seconds that I tracked it in front of me. It made no sound.
I can't really explain what I saw. I googled "ufo reporting" in hopes of finding something out and was pleased to see that the Portland area was at the top of your site although my event was a few nights earlier. I hope this information helps and I'll be checking back to see if any conclusions are made. I'd love to know what the heck it was.
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Portland
USA
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4 seconds
45.51
-122.66
rectangle
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Occurred : 4/25/2006 23:20 (Entered as : 04/25/06 23:20) Reported: 5/8/2006 12:08:02 AM 00:08 Posted: 5/15/2006 Location: Portland (near), OR Shape: Rectangle Duration: 4 seconds
Faint transparent rectangle with red & green southwest of Portland, Oregon.