Other over Seattle, WA
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The report, as filed
I was driving to my 5am work shift. It was 4:45am and I was the only one on the road. I wasn’t even listening to music because I was trying to get my Apple Music to work and it wasn’t connecting. As I’m driving, a huge spotlight appears on the road above my car and slightly to the left. It quickly moves to the left, then it moves to the right. Then it sees my car and settles on my car and me. It was dead silent. I sped up to get away and it disappeared. I was driving north on 15th Ave before the Ballard bridge in Seattle, Washington. I’m not crazy, there was no streetlights or helicopters above me or anything and the moon wasn’t even visible like it was pitch black, silent, and I was alone. It was about 20 seconds long. I was unsettled all day. The beam of light wasn’t really visible, just the circle of light on the ground. It felt like someone shining a flashlight from above and seeing movement (my car) and settling on it. It also kept pace with being above my car as I moved until it settled on me. It was illuminated inside the car as well. Extremely unsettling. What is even more unsettling is this was on Wednesday and after work I had an errand to run with a friend that was very memorable for the two of us and we took photos even. That night, I had a dream that was extremely vivid and detailed and it was a complete “re-do” of my Wednesday - I had slept in for my shift at work but still went in, worked a whole shift, had meaningful conversations with people, went home and napped on the couch. I woke up in bed then next day (Thursday) stunned by my dream. I usually do not dream at all. It could be a coincidence, or it could be a possible tampering of my conception of time and try to “replace” that day? I told the friend I went on the errand with about the spotlight as soon as it happened and then about the dream. They confirmed that Wednesday happened just as inexperienced (the spotlight in the morning and then the errand) and that I did not disappear. The photos we took are still on my phone, as is all my messages about the spotligh! t. I am just so unsettled by the entire occurrence. I was absolutely being watched.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #162654). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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