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November 13, 2015 · 10:18 PM · TRIANGLE
Identified[D417] De Munster, Alsace · France
Le 13 novembre 2015 vers 22h15 deux personnes en voiture sont intriguées par le passage à basse altitude d'un objet triangulaire dont la forme est délimitée par trois lumières rondes blanches non clignotantes. Deux lumières rouge sont vues au centre de l'objet. Celui-ci s'éloigne sans bruit de façon fluide dans le ciel nuageux. Le témoin a servi dans l'armée et ne reconnait aucun avion ni hélicoptère. Un seul témoignage est recueilli. Le GEIPAN a demandé au contrôle aérien militaire (CNOA) le trafic aérien enregistré sur la zone à ce moment là : l'enregistrement Radar du CNOA indique bien un aéronef identifié, en mission hospitalière, à basse altitude, ce qui correspond parfaitement au témoignage en trajectoire, lieu et heure de passage à la verticale. Cela est décrit par la superposition des traces radar sur la carte jointe (voir Reconstitution). La trajectoire à basse altitude et accidentée (vue par tracé Radar et l'observation) est caractéristique d'un hélicoptère. L’enregistrement radar ne peut pas confirmer le passage en vol stationnaire à une altitude aussi basse que celle observée (15m) mais en est compatible. Il faut rappeler que l'estimation de distance de points lumineux dans la nuit est très subjective. L'observation d'un triangle avec lumières continues, une blanche à chaque sommet et deux rouges au centre est compatible de celle d'un hélicoptère. On peut s'étonner que le témoin ne voit pas les couleurs rouges et verte des feux permanents de navigation, ni les feux blanc à éclat clignotant mais l’hélicoptère qui va se poser a probablement allumer des phares blancs masquant d'autres lumières. Notons qu'un aéronef peut utiliser diverses lumière en plus de celles réglementaires (navigation, anti-collision, a éclat). La vidéo Hellenic Navy AB-2012 ASW (night Flight) montre un cas avec trois lumières rouges dont deux fixes et une troisième qui peut être perçue comme fixe et est issue du feu rouge tournant anti-collision, et ici aussi les lumières rouges et vertes de navigation n’apparaissent pas. Concernant l'absence de bruit perçu de l'objet alors que d’après le radar il n'est qu'à 200m d'altitude, le témoin indique avoir la vitre légèrement entre-ouverte, mais le moteur du véhicule reste allumé, ce qui n'est pas une condition idéale. Mais surtout, il est fréquent dans les observations de PAN que l'attention portée à une observation visuelle très "saisissante" masque la perception sonore qui l'accompagne. En conséquence le GEIPAN classe cette observation en A comme parfaitement identifiée : Hélicoptère. [GEIPAN classification A — Hélicoptère]
November 13, 2015 · 6:15 PM · TRIANGLE
Bartlesville, OK
3 'stars' in a perfect triangle pattern. Very bright and never before seen by the witness, who gazes at the stars each night. The lights were stationary. All of a sudden, they dimmed and disappeared. Witness stood for 15 minutes watching the area of the sky. Sky was clear with no clouds. They did not reappear.
November 13, 2015 · 11:55 AM · TRIANGLE
Moberly, MO
I saw a UFO I think. I have never seen anything like it before. I was at the Walmart Super Center at Moberly, Mo. (1301 East Highway 24.) I was sitting in my car reading, my wife was inside getting new glasses. It was a clear day not a cloud in the sky. I just happened to look up at the sky to the northeast of Walmart. I saw this triangle shaped craft. About a third of the tips of the triangle was reddish color, the rest of it was silver. The first time I saw it for about 30 seconds then it vanished for about 10 seconds. Later, I saw it again for about 5 TO 10 seconds then it vanished in a clear blue sky. I don't know what it was, I don't know any airplanes that look like that. Maybe you have some idea on it.
November 11, 2015 · 10:12 PM · TRIANGLE
Great Falls, MT
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
November 10, 2015 · 8:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Port St. Lucie, FL
Lights on a triangular object moving slow then fast.
November 10, 2015 · 7:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Indianapolis, IN
My husband, myself and 2 sons (ages 9 & 14) where going south on Ritter Ave and turn right to go west on 16th St and right above Community Hospital East I had noticed 10 to 15 V shaped crafts in the sky, flying in a v-like formation. I told everyone to look and my husband pulled over to see them and all the (things) craft split up into different directions and disappeared into the sky. My husband even got out of the car to get a better look and they where gone. We continued to my relatives' house on Lynnwood Ave, all of us got out of the car but the crafts (things) where gone! I have never seen anything like that, but my husband claims he has. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides little contact information. PD
November 8, 2015 · 5:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Swain, NY
I was sitting in my hot tub around 5:30pm. It just got completely dark. It was a clear sky and the stars were not completely visible being was early evening. In the south west sky there were what looked like three stars in a triangle formation. It looked odd being that the surrounding stars were not all that visible. I started to pay attention to it and the three “stars” were moving together slowly going from the south east to the northwest. Once, recognizing this it became easier to see that it looked like a very large black (the color was very similar to the surrounding night sky) triangle very high up moving like a glider, no noise and slow. It was like it was camouflaged. It was moving across the sky for about thirty seconds and then the lights and the camouflaged center faded and it was gone. Normally, I would not take the time to report this however after it faded there were two more tradition single bright red and white lights, alternating flashing showed up 30 seconds later from the east and slowly circled the area in the sky where the triangle was. This lasted for 5 minutes then they proceeded northwest. The speed, to me suggested these were helicopters however no sound and they were at a very high altitude. I do not have pictures. My cell phone was inside and I was as I stated in the hot tub and it happened pretty quickly time wise.
November 7, 2015 · 11:20 PM · TRIANGLE
Waukesha, WI
My wife and I were outside on the porch, we both saw the EXACT SAME THING. There were 2 separate triangular formed objects. They had absolutely no noise. Each point had an bright "dull yellow coloring." They initially were separated by a very small amount, and then near the end of the event they the bottom right and bottom left corners of each object had overlapped. I am not much of a believer in UFOs...but I have absolutely no explanation for what I saw. ((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS: My apologies Peter, it was PM. I really truly have absolutely no explanation for what I saw. And as I stated, I am really not much of a believer of such, but...I know what I saw. Also, for occupation, I have a typo. It is supposed to be ((profession deleted)), not ((misspelled word)).
November 7, 2015 · 11:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Hobart, IN
My family and I where walking and saw 3 bright lights in the sky in a diagonal formation then as we started staring at them they moved out of the formation and one left the other 2 stayed. And this night my mother and I saw one that had 3 lights in the shape of a triangle and was flashing a yellow color. Then it had changed it shape again to an airplane form almost. We had also seen them one other time above a building paired in 3 lined up. This all was seen in the same week. We know we sound crazy but we don't know who else to tell. Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD
November 7, 2015 · 9:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Batavia, NY
While out driving on November 7, 2015, my wife and I had seen something strange. We had seen a triangular shape object and it had a set of lights that looked white. I had tried to take pictures but my camera would not focus so I didn’t get any pictures. We were in East Pembroke on Indian Falls Rd when we had seen this unusual object. We had decided to pull over and within five minutes of sitting there the object had started to move. It didn’t move very fast. It also made no noise as well as being very low. Husband's report. PD
November 7, 2015 · 9:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Batavia, NY
On the night of November 7, 2015, my husband and I were driving along going through East Pembroke, NY when we saw a strange set of lights as well as strange shape. The road was Indian falls road. They looked a white color. This object seemed to be in the shape of a triangle. We had decided to pull over to try to get a closer look at it. My husband tried to take pictures but he couldn’t get the camera to zoom any further. We had seen it about five minutes before it disappeared. This object traveled very low to the ground, made no noise and moved about thirty miles per hour if even that. Wife's report. PD
November 7, 2015 · 9:15 PM · TRIANGLE
Lamberton, MN
At about 9:15 pm on November 7, 2015, I decided to sit in my hot tub. About an hour later I witnessed a silent black triangle fly over the tree in my backyard continuing over the neighbor's house - it was coming from the northeast and flying to the southeast. I believe it was between 10:15 and 10:30 pm, I did not look at the time on my phone until 10:44 because I was collecting my thoughts on what I had just witnessed. The object had flown over in the 11 o'clock position and was about the size of my fingers at arm's length or about 3 1/2 inches. It was an equilateral triangle, silent, black with pointed corners, and the two leading edges were glowing. About 45 minutes later probably between 11:00 and 11:05 pm - (I didn't look at the time until 11:09 pm because once again I was collecting my thoughts.) I saw two of what I assumed were the same object that I saw earlier. They were flying north to south in a side by side formation. The two leading edges of both objects were glowing and this is what I was focused on. I was trying to figure out how many "lights" there were. The glow was very, very dim. There were many points of light on the edge and brightness was not consistent nor was the spacing even. Having experience working with plasma, it appeared to be more of a plasma glow. By 11:15 pm I had decided that was enough of that for one night and I was in the house. This would be the first time that I have experienced anything of that nature. It freaked me out to the point that I slept with the lights on for about a week. I had just set up the hot tub towards the end of summer and was spending one to six hours in it per night or about 20 to 30 hours a week. I had always believed that only a certain type of person saw such things and that most could be explained. My thoughts are now inclined to believe that of you spend enough time outside - you will eventually see something.
November 7, 2015 · 6:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Sacramento, CA
U. S. Navy missile launch. PD
November 7, 2015 · 6:15 PM · TRIANGLE
Oceanside, CA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
November 7, 2015 · 6:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Pacifica, CA
US Navy missile launch. PD
November 7, 2015 · 6:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Carmel Valley, CA
At approximately 18:00 on November 7th, 2015 we spotted an extremely long blue light in the sky with a brightly lit point in the front. We initially thought it was a missile or something because it was moving very quickly. From our perspective it then transformed into a triangular shape shape of light, increasing rapidly in size still with a bright point at the front leaving an extremely large triangle of light behind it and eventually lighting the entire sky. After a couple minutes, the front separated from the blue trail light and the bright light that was on the front began to move vertically into the night sky. The blue trail light lingered for a about 10 minutes and then dissipated and was gone. US Navy missile launch. PD
November 7, 2015 · 2:22 AM · TRIANGLE
Waterbury, CT
I was watching the star it was a clear night never saw so many star when I noticed a group of 3 stars moving I wached for about 5 minutes waiting for them to fade like a shooting star but they did not the stayed the same distance from each other watched for about 15 minutes before I went back inside they were to high to b a plane and shooting stars don't stay the smell distance apart and travel the same speed.
November 6, 2015 · 6:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Friday Nov. 6 around 6:30 pm my husband and myself were in a car in Rancho Cucomonga Ca. As we approached an intersection, I saw this large object in the night sky. I should say what I saw was three fairly large lights in an elongated triangle shape (with small slow flashing red light below the bottom white light). I kept looking to see what it was ??? as hard as I looked I could not see any structure!!! When we crossed the intersection I rolled down my window (non-drivers side and same side of road it was on) going from west to east...as I looked over it had seemed to stop moving and I could hear a low humming sound(not loud tho) It was very big at least one story high, but I think even bigger. You could not see any structure content and you could not see through it. Genesis, Evolution, and Aliens The Baha'i Faith, claiming to be God's most recent message to humanity, is not just another in a series. It represents the culmination of a six-thousand year cycle of Prophets, and the transition into a new universal cycle. While the religion is now in its infancy, taking a broad view of where it falls in history provides a humbling experience to any believer, while an even broader view of the universe stirs up an unparalleled sense of awe. As traditional religion devolves into an irrational superstition, and a strictly materialistic ideology begins to dominate society, the Baha'i Faith teaches the harmony of science and religion. True religion and science must agree, because the truth is one. Genesis "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." (Gen 1:1) A key to understanding the books of Moses is what Baha'is call progresive revelation: that religious truth is relative to the time of revelation. The people of the time of Moses were obsessed with spiritism and idol worship, with the spiritual and intellectual capacity of today's children. `Abdu'l-Baha said, "Moses established laws and ordinances; these gave life to the people of Israel, and led them to the highest possible degree of civilization at that period." (Some Answered Questions, p. 14) In this context the stories of Genesis - and other creation myths - are interpreted as spiritual allegories, in a way that outwardly satisfied people's curiosity of history, while inwardly describing spiritual truths that uplifted society. The common understanding at the time was of the world as an island continent on a flat disc with infinite water, surrounded by a dome with stars embedded in its surface. A modern understanding of how the world developed was not only impossible but unnecessary at the time. The account of Genesis had the advantage of conveying the essential spiritual truths about humanity's development with broad symbolism, and avoided the detail that was beyond the capacity to understand. `Abdu'l-Baha said, "Moses taught that the world was brought into existence in the six days of creation. This is an allegory, a symbolic form of the ancient truth that the world evolved gradually... We thus have a progressive process of creation, and not a one-time happening. Moses' days of creation represent time spans of millions of years." (Science and Religion, p. 90) As humanity has progressed with a new capacity to understand its environment, the Baha'i teachings reveal new truths about the world. Baha'u'llah teaches that the physical universe is without beginning or end, and confirms the scientists who claim that the earth developed over millions and billions of years. Yet similar to Moses, Baha'u'llah's teachings focus on the spiritual development of society and the control of one's lower nature. On the nature of creation and existence, `Abdu'l-Baha says, "If we could imagine a time when no beings existed, this imagination would be the denial of the Divinity of God. Moreover, absolute non-existence cannot become existence. If the beings were absolutely non-existent, existence would not have come into being." Accordingly, the story of Adam and Eve contains "divine mysteries and universal meanings, and it is capable of marvelous explanations," but is simply a symbol, and cannot be reasonably imagined as a historical account. Evolution On the origin of humans, Baha'u'llah similarly confirms biological development of humans over millions of years in different forms. He also taught that the human species was always distinct from the animal kingdom in potentiality. Some of the most striking and direct comments on evolution come from `Abdu'l-Baha, where he says that man's existence on the earth has developed over a long time. He says, "Between man and the ape, however, there is one link missing, and to the present time scientists have not been able to discover it... "The philosophers of the Orient in reply to those of the western world say: Let us suppose that the human anatomy was primordially different from its present form, that it was gradually transformed from one stage to another until it attained its present likeness, that at one time it was similar to a fish, later an invertebrate and finally human. This anatomical evolution or progression does not alter or affect the statement that the development of man was always human in type and biological in progression. For the human embryo when examined microscopically is at first a mere germ or worm. Gradually as it develops it shows certain divisions; rudiments of hands and feet appear--that is to say, an upper and a lower part are distinguishable. Afterward it undergoes certain distinct changes until it reaches its actual human form and is born into this world. But at all times, even when the embryo resembled a worm, it was human in potentiality and character, not animal. The for! ms assumed by the human embryo in its successive changes do not prove that it is animal in its essential character. Throughout this progression there has been a transference of type, a conservation of species or kind. Realizing this we may acknowledge the fact that at one time man was an inmate of the sea, at another period an invertebrate, then a vertebrate and finally a human being standing erect... Therefore, in the protoplasm, man is man. Conservation of species demands it. "The lost link of Darwinian theory is itself a proof that man is not an animal. How is it possible to have all the links present and that important link absent? Its absence is an indication that man has never been an animal. It will never be found." (Promulgation of Universal Peace, pp. 358-359) This statement was delivered in a speech in 1912. These ideas brought harmony to the diverging forces of science and religion at the time. Soul The rational soul, according to Baha'u'llah, gives humans an intelligence that makes discoveries and penetrates the reality of things. Animals and humans share the same physical powers, but an animal cannot evolve the intellectual powers of humans, who have the freewill to overcome the animalistic nature of the body. One evidence of this power is contemplation and reflection, as described by `Abdu'l-Baha, "It is clear that when man is thinking, it is as though he were consulting with some other person. With whom is he consulting? It is evident that it is another reality or one aside from this body with whom he enters into consultation when he thinks, 'Shall I do this work or not?' 'What will be the result of my doing this?' ... And then that reality in man communicates its opinion to him concerning the point at issue. Therefore that reality in man is clearly and obviously other than his body, an ego with which man enters into consultation and whose opinion man seeks." (Foundations of World Unity, p. 109) Origins of Life Humans developed on earth over millions of years, alongside plants and animals. A question then arises: how did it all get here? After all, the story of Genesis came to satisfy the most fundamental controversy. Even with a childish understanding of the world around them, the nomadic followers of Moses could see that they came fro
November 5, 2015 · 7:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Gardner, ME
Going down the rd, I saw mysterious lights (thinking it was lights from a business parking lot or something). I got closer to the object and noticed it was rather low to the ground. So I pulled over and it was moving very slow. Then suddenly it cut to the left very fast. Then started moving slow again for about 30 seconds. Then it suddenly took off so fast like lightning. I could only see 3 lights in the shape of a triangle. No blinking lights or anything. And they were very bright.
November 4, 2015 · 3:35 AM · TRIANGLE
Grand Rapids, MI
It was 3:35 am on 11-4-2015 - I walked outside to let my dogs out. Looking East, I’ve noticed that lately I can see Jupiter, Mars & Venus to left of the moon in an “L” shape. I didn’t see the planets this night, they would have been above my house and out of sight at the time I was outside (I can usually see them about 5:30 – 6:00 am). I saw 3 bright white round lights in the shape of a triangle, but larger than a normal star all the same size and brightness... There was no solidity to it, just the 3 lights formed into a perfect triangle, no noise. I usually stand inside waiting for the dogs but this time I walked outside to get a better look, rubbed my eyes, thinking that I just woke up, or that I was seeing stars in a constellation that I didn’t recognize, etc… I stared at the lights for about 10 seconds, then the 2 lower lights of the triangle came around each side to form a straight line with the middle light and they slowly started moving East and up getting farther and farther away but maintaining equal distance between each other, until I could no longer see them, for about another 20 seconds. I watched them just disappear… almost like you’d see a satellite in the sky, but these 3 stayed together. I tried to “de-bunk” what I saw by looking at the placement of the planets and stars at this particular time that night and there was nothing that would have been in my view at that particular time that would have formed this triangle, let alone the movement. The feeling I had was something other than looking at the stars too, I knew immediately that it wasn’t something ordinary, that it wasn’t a plane or 3 satellites… It was cold outside and I had no slippers or socks on and was in my pajamas, I never go outside while waiting for my dogs to come in, not even in the summer, I wouldn’t have walked outside if I didn’t think this was something worthwhile to look at…
November 3, 2015 · 9:40 PM · TRIANGLE
Portland, OR
I saw a triangular object with a light trail behind it move REALLY FAST through the sky, way faster than I have ever seen a plane move. It was so fast it almost seemed like a comet, but the object was a defined shape. It flew out of my line of sight even though I tried to walk quickly to see what it was.
November 3, 2015 · 7:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Seattle, WA
I was walking my dog in west seattle, up by High Point looking out towards the Puget Sound and saw a dark form cross the sky and it immediately caught my eye. It was dark and flat and I thought it may have been a large bird at first then I noticed dim white lights at the tips which formed triangles. The lights formed what looked like the outline of two dark triangles that were overlapping each other looking almost like one object. Then they disappeared behind some clouds as they were moving across the sky quite quickly. It was definitely like nothing I have ever seen before!
November 3, 2015 · 7:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Jersey City, NJ
Bright green forward facing triangle zipped quickly through the sky before dipping downwards in an arc shape out of sight. Lasted approx 5 seconds. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
November 3, 2015 · 6:40 PM · TRIANGLE
Portland, TN
As my friend and I were driving west on Hyw 52, entering Portland city limits on the west side of town, we saw a triangle shaped craft headed our way, moving west from the east, directly over the hwy. It seemed to hover and it made no sound at all! It finally began to move as we drove under it. The craft did not bank as a plane would when it turned to change directions. It remained level and simple turned and slowly drifted off to the north. It stopped when we quickly turned around and as we approached it again I flashed my head lights franticly and it seemed to know that we were attempting to follow it. As we got under the craft, that was approximately 100 feet above us, it took off at high speed and as it was leaving, F-18s flew over us at a high rate of speed in pursuit of the triangle-shaped craft. We watched until they all were out of sight. The craft had two white lights on the back side of the triangle craft and a bright red light at the front (nose) of the craft. It was a dark gray color and completely solid. I am retired Army and have been stationed at Ft. Campbell 101st Airborne/Air Assault Division and have seen all the high tech special ops aircraft in their arsenal and I have NEVER seen anything like this triangle-shaped craft EVER! It made no sound at all and was able to hover in place and change direction quickly without making any noise. It was able to fly at high speed and outrun the F-18s that were in pursuit of it.