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Triangle over Pittsburg, KS

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The trianlular object flew over my car

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October 28, 2015 · 7:25 PM · OTHER

Pittsburg, KS

At approximately 19:25, my neighbor and I were outside chatting about the World Series. We began to discuss the fact that the local university is broadcasting the World Series on the Jumbotron at the football stadium on campus. I glanced up at the sky in the general direction of the stadium, and saw a very large, seemingly partially materialized object low in the sky for the duration of approximately 5 seconds. It made no noise as it moved in a southwesterly direction, with no visible light emitted from the object. Wagering a guess of its size, I would say it was at least the size of a football field. No reference to the aforementioned football field intended. The object was shaped like a "W", but replace the two connected V's with two crescent shapes. My neighbor saw it too, and said it looked like a flock of geese. I have never seen geese fly in a formation other than a "V" shape. However, I can also state my neighbor is not the smartest person on this planet, as he was calling a baseball "inning" an "ending" as we spoke tonight. Perhaps it was a flock of geese, but I thought this worth reporting.

September 20, 2015 · 8:20 PM · SPHERE

Pittsburg, KS

I was pedaling home going south on Broadway. I had passed Walgreen's and yet was not to the University. During this time I saw a white orb moving quickly from West to East. What caught my attention was the rhythmically appearing red "ring" that appeared every 2 seconds or so. The red was an amazing light or ring, I can't describe it. But the red rhythmically appearing pulse was something I'd never seen before. It made me think of Venus' rings, I don't know why. I wanted to use my iPhone to video it, but I was too amazed. It disappeared out of my sight just because of the buildings that were too high to see it anymore. I was hoping I wasn't the only one who saw it. I was in the street among dozens of cars and I almost expected people to pull over to talk about it or video it, but maybe since they are car-people, they weren't able to see it as easily as me; a bike-person. :) Witness elects to provide no contact information. PD

June 2, 2014 · 11:15 PM · SPHERE

Pittsburg, KS

I came inside to check tracking of the ISS which showed it already moving into Quebec. I came inside to check the location of the ISS after only a minute or two or watching the moving white light. Besides, the ISS online tracking showed its path over Nebraska, and not over SE Kansas on this specific orbit. Could have been a satellite, but it looked too bright to be a satellite. That's why I initially thought it was likely the ISS.

March 7, 2013 · 11:09 PM · FIREBALL