- Sighting
of Seven, Large,
Pitch Black Objects
- By Cary
11-24-97
Once, upon a midnight blue evening during
the month of August 1979, My friend Mitchell and me set out to do some
star gazing one night. It was a big hobby for us way back when we 13 years
old in North Platte, Nebraska, some 18 years ago now. The exact day of
this event is unknown.
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- When I arrived at Mitchell's home, I
learned that his mother had instructed him to escort his ten year old sister
to a birthday party she had been invited to attend at the nearby skating
rink. So, I went along with Mitchell.
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- After seeing that his sister got safely
inside the rink to her party, Mitchell and I waited out behind the building
to wait for her and spent the next couple of hours gazing up at the stars.
We began a little contest to see who could be the first to spot the flickering
light of a meteor flashing through the atmosphere.
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- Sometime after 10:30 pm we decided it
was time to head home. We went into the skating center, got his sister,
and proceeded toward his home. While we walked, we both continued looking
upwards trying to spot a meteor descending or crossing the starry sky.
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- At one point, I focused deeply on an
area of the sky almost straight up, just a few degrees toward the North.
The background color of the sky was almost black, no longer midnight blue
as it was closer to the horizon. All of a sudden, out of the North, an
immense pitch black object appeared in my window of view. A second later,
there were seven of them, together, moving in formation. Almost immediately,
my knees began to shake and buckle, so overwhelming was what I was seeing.
I screamed, "Mitch, Look Look!" and pointing up to where they
were. I took my eyes off of them for just a second to point them out to
Mitch.
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- They were moving so fast they were very
difficult to spot again. But we did find them and we both watched for about
another 2 or 3 more seconds. Then they disappeared above a huge long wall
of white puffy cumulus clouds at an estimated altitude of some 30 to 40
thousand feet.
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- The description of these seven objects
all appeared identical except for their sizes. They were all pitch black
but could still be seen in the night sky. The first one, the leader (?)
looked to be the size of a football field only fatter. It's shape was that
of a jagged rock, only one dimensional.
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- Directly behind this first object was
a pair of two, flying in formation, side by side. If they were together
as one mass, their combined sizes would have equaled the leader's size.
Behind the first pair, there was another pair, also flying in formation.
And, again, their combined mass would have equaled that of the leader.
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- Then came the sixth object..just behind
the second pair. Its mass was just a little less then one of the second
paired group. Finally, came the last of seven in the formation; its size
was much smaller...only about that of a small car at best.
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- I realize this story sounds ridiculous
but the event never the less occurred. Both Mitchell and I saw it. His
little sister didn't. At best, Mitchell only caught a very short glimpse.
Whereas, I got the best view. The sighting of this group of objects was
like a still photograph traveling at some tremendous speed. It couldn't
have lasted more than eight seconds altogether.
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- Your questions and comments are welcome.
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- Cary
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