Other over Tamarindo (Costa Rica) · Costa Rica
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
As we all looked up (3 people saw it). Two additional beams of light appeared, appearing to go from east to west. These two beams were exactly parallel to each other and very close (let’s say 1/5 of the diameter of the moon apart). These beams subtended more like 50 degrees of the sky starting from near the eastern horizon (but none of us were sure of where it started as we were focused on the top part) and extended all the way to where we saw the first beam (next to the star Bellatrix in the Orion constellation) near the top of the sky. The beams then rapidly wobbled (perhaps about 1/5th of the moon diameter) back and forth in unison and staying parallel to each other before fading away. The total time was maybe 3-4 seconds for the second event. I would say maybe 10 seconds for the whole event starting with the first small beam. A few other facts: • It was a completely clear evening and the Milky Way was dimly visible. • The moon was not above the horizon yet. • The beams were very thin like a triple wide pencil line on a sheet of paper with a taper at the tip. Imagine a very long, thin knitting needle appearing high in the sky. • All 3 of us saw the exact same thing and described it to each other in detail which matched. • The only airport is 30 miles away and I have never seen an airplane there (I have spent about 5 weeks or so in this area and viewed the sky many of these nights. I am 100% sure it was not an airplane light, but point this out as it is the only rational explanation at first blush. o The sighting was on a beach just south of the town of Tamarindo, Costa Rica on the Pacific Coast. • The viewing was from a roof top condominium deck. • There was nothing natural about the appearance. Speculatively, I would guess it was some sort of Government test of a missile defense program. It was not natural, and no craft was visible.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #139126). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.