Cigar over Cape Girardeau, MO
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Strange Sight About Cape
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November 29, 2023 · 11:50 AM · CHANGING
Cape Girardeau, MO
I viewed the object from the Kentucky Fried Chicken building on William St. in Cape Girardeau, MO. on 11-29-2023 at 12 noon. I first noticed white birds circling a parking lot street light at 2136 William St.. Then, above this lamp, I saw a vertical cylinder shaped object constantly rotating and going in and out of visibility as it turned. It was shimmering in the sunlight with sparkly light and silver spots then completely disappearing and reappeared over and over. It resembled a translucent veil covering a tin can. I estimate the size as big as a box truck. I watched it for several seconds trying to decide if I was really seeing it. I was with my father at the time but he was unable to see it as his clear view was blocked by a sign. When I reached for my phone to snap a photo the object vanished. Immediately, I noticed two helicopters in the area and counted 17 other aircraft within 30 minutes of the sighting, which was weird for Cape Girardeau! I am not crazy and know what I saw. I did check with the locale police department, but they had no other reports of sightings. I included a pic of the exact location where I saw the object above the light in the center of the photo.
November 3, 2018 · 7:45 PM · TRIANGLE
Cape Girardeau, MO
On Nov 3rd, 2018, at approx. 7:45 PM in Cape Girardeau, MO, I had just taken my dog out, in my back yard and witnessed 5 Orange shaped Orbs in shape of a triangle appear traveling from the South and proceed to the Northwest. A few seconds later I witnessed another single orange orb travel same direction, then a few seconds another, then another single, total of four. I timed them about 12 seconds from appearance until disappeared. These where no meteors. I am a retiree of the US Air Force and worked security around aircraft, these where no meteors. However, we did have the President visit here a few days later and is possible was a recon team but I never seen anything like it being Orange and was reported on KFVS TV. Perhaps the airport in Cape Girardeau would have more information. It was unlike anything I ever saw.
September 11, 2018 · 2:44 AM · SPHERE
Cape Girardeau, MO
2 large sphere shaped objects were seen hovering above the Mississippi River/city line. Both objects were bright white and not flashing. One of the objects appeared to fly away abnormally fast and disappeared in a matter of seconds while the second object stayed hovering in the sky. Neither objects were present the next night.
April 19, 2017 · 8:16 AM · SPHERE
Cape Girardeau, MO
I immediately went to Flightradar24 to check for other planes in the area. I snapshot it to document no other planes were in the area, within 50 miles, and certainly none traveling in that direction within more than a hundred miles. I then went to Google Earth to get a point in space reference of the angle and position of the anomaly and estimated that it would have been approximately 11 kilometers or approximately 36000 feet above the ground. The weather was clear and sunny, no clouds present, and the object seemed to disappear right before my eyes within 15 seconds of first seening it. We spoke via telephone with the witness, and he sounded to us to be quite sober-minded. That fact, combined with his employment background and military service, suggest to us that he is an excellent, and reliable, witness. PD
February 15, 2017 · 6:48 PM · LIGHT
Cape Girardeau, MO
A few minutes had passed since the object left visible side and then seem to reappear from a southeasterly direction traveling in a Northern Direction. This new path seem to be straight steady and approximately the same height. The light seemed to be a shade dimmer but still remained steady and visible. The night sky was clear with typical visible stars the temperature was in the low forties. Multiple other aircraft was present in the sky in multiple directions which was verified by a cell phone application to include aircraft identification. The anomaly that was seen was not identified by the applications radar. The entire event lasted approximately 5 minutes. The unidentified flying lightsource was witnessed by one adult female and one adult male. /// end of statement.
April 26, 2015 · 9:18 PM · SPHERE
Cape Girardeau, MO
I was watching the night sky with my night vision camera with me. A round white object came into view, so I got it in frame and tracked it for a minute or two. A few seconds after I got it in frame, it started to flare, getting much bigger in size. It got approximately 50 times bigger than its original size, but only momentarily. I posted the video here: (It's #4): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8kX7hUTWaM