2006-09-22 - New York, CA - Unknown

I saw an object flying extremely fast over Manhattan going north west at 6:45 am. I could not see a shape, just a ripple in the sky.

I was laying in bed on the 9th floor at 43rd and 10th facing north looking out the window at birds and planes. I saw something moving very fast in the sky behind two buildings.

I watched the other side of the building to see the object emerge because I wasn't sure I'd seen anything. I observed a dark dot moving in a straight line going north, north west at incredible speed, like a shooting star but without the trail or the light.

I saw other planes in the sky for reference and they looked like they were standing still compared to this object. I was so startled that I jumped up and ran to the window and stared hard at the object moving throught the sky thinking it must be a fighter jet. I am an airplane buff and can ID most things that fly but I had trouble even seeing anything and yet, there was something there.

My impression at the time was that I was seeing through the object and it was distorting the background of clouds behind it. I could not see any distinguishing features. I thought it might be a floaty in my eye, but it kept flying in a ruler straight line at preposterous speed.

I could not hear any roar of engines or a sonic boom, though I could hear helicopters that I could see so I know I was hearing the sounds from outside.

The object just flew out of sight at an altitude of about 3000 feet. I base this on the angle at which I saw it and that it passed in front of the contrails of higher jets and the clouds.

I called my girlfriend about an hour later and told her about the experience.

The reason I am reporting this so long after the event is because I just found my phone bill from that month and worked out when it had been.

I was on a vacation at the time and did not know about this website.