Rectangle over Lakewood Ranch, FL

The report, as filed

Between 5:35pm and 5:38pm on 11/08/2023, I noticed an airplane flying across the sky. It was to the Northeast of me and was flying South-Southwest across the sky. It appeared to be a commercial Southwest brand airplane. I then noticed a smaller object in the sky that was maybe the size and shape of a matchbox held far away. It was glowing white in color, with a slight bright yellow hue to it. As the plane appeared to be flying Southwest, the object appeared to be flying towards the plane from the Northwest in a Southeastern direction, and appeared to almost intersect with the airplane at one time. It looked like they crossed the same point in the sky from my eye line, but the object appeared to be much further away than the airplane. Not more than a couple minutes later, I noticed another bright object of similar shape and color flying in the same path as the previous object. They both appeared to get smaller as they flew into the Southeastern sky until they were no longer visible. I had eyes on each for less than a minute with a clear blue sky and no cloud blocking the view. At 5:45 I noticed I spotted the third object flying across the sky from the same origin and direction as the previous two objects. The difference was I didn’t notice any lights coming from it at all. It appeared to be black or dark brown in color. I could see it in full view when it was directly east of me, and I could not notice a single light or anything. It was flying too high, too fast, and too far away to be a bird, but that is the best way to describe it, almost like a triangular sparrow disappearing into the horizon. It followed the same flight path as the previous objects I had spotted. The closest object I can compare the black object to in shape and size would be Batman’s black bat-shaped throwing knife he shoots out of his suit. About the size of a small pocket knife but more triangular in shape. Each object was observed with light still in the sky just before sunset. I did not notice any trails of light or smoke behind each of the objects.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #179339). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.