- Multiple reports for these objects (sic) submitted to
NUFORC. Our best time estimate is 2351 hrs. (Pacific) on Tuesday night,
13MR01. One copied report below.
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- Note: Preliminary data suggest to NUFORC that there
were two separate objects that were observed at 2351 hrs..
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- Summary:
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- One of the objects reportedly passed from west to east
just north of Seatac Airport, made an abrupt turn to the north, and streaked
to the north, running approximately parallel to Interstate-5. Seattle
ARTCC and Flight Service Station had received no reports from pilots as
of 0115 hrs. (Pacific) on 14MR01. Air traffic controllers in the Boeing
and Seatac towers reported seeing nothing. ((Please see report below from
individual who was located at Seatac Airport at time of sighting.))
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- A second object was seen to the west and north of Richmond
Beach, WA, located approximately 10-12 miles north of the Space Needle.
It reportedly was seen to streak from the western sky to the northwestern
sky in approximately 3 seconds.
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- Both objects appeared to be in more or less level flight.
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- NUFORC received two phone calls just after midnight from
a group of three witnesses, who were standing outside in the Skyway area
of Seattle, just a few miles north of the Southgate shopping complex.
At least one of the witnesses identifies himself as a former member of
U. S. Navy aviation, and considers himself to be exceptionally adept at
identifying aircraft. They reported an oval shaped object, apparently
metallic in appearance, that was the color of "burnt orange."
They claim the object made an abrupt turn to the north, executing an estimated
60-90 degree (??) change in course in a fraction of a second, and then
it streaked out of sight to the north, disappearing from their sight in
a matter of just a few seconds.
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- The witness in Richmond Beach awoke and was sitting on
the edge of his bed, looking out his bedroom window that faces the Olympic
Mountains to the west. He witnessed a very bright object, the color of
"burnt orange," streak from his left to right, disappearing to
the north in approximately 3 seconds. He estimated that its apparent size
was 1/10th the perceived diameter of a full moon.
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- More information on "meteors" to follow as
it is reported to us...
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- Regards,
-
- Peter
-
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- Peter B. Davenport, Director
- National UFO Reporting Center
- PO Box 45623
- University Station
- Seattle, WA 98145
- director@ufocenter.com
- http://www.UFOcenter.com
- Hotline: 206-722-3000 (From 8AM to Midnight Pacific preferred)
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- ((BEGIN COPIED REPORT #1 of 2))
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- Webpage: http://www.nwlink.com/~ufocntr/reportform.html
- From: ((e-address deleted))
- Remote Host:
- Remote Address: ((deleted))
- Web Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows
95; DigExt)
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- 050 Investigator Request: Yes
- 100 Date: 03/13/01
- 110 Time: 11:30
- 120 Duration: 10seconds
- 130 Sighting City: Seattle
- 140 Sighting State: wa
- 150 Sighting Zip: 98166
- 160 Sighting County: KING
- 168 Number of Craft: 1
- 170 Witnesses: 1
- 172 Shape: Light
- 180 Description:
- I saw a very fast moving light heading due north along
Puget Sound at
- approximately
- 11:30 PM March 13 2001.
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- 190 Description: Approx. 11:30PM, looking due west from
Normandy Park, just south of Seattle I saw a very fast moving light heading
due north right over Puget Sound, it was low against the horizon and my
guess is 5000-8000 ft high. I am in the ((deleted)) business and have
worked around Sea-Tac Airport for 25 + years. This was not a commercial
Aircraft, it was moving way to fast and there was a single light, no blinkers.
If I was to guess I would say it was moving at close to 1000 Knots, was
too low to be a sattelite and made no noise whatsoever.
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- ((END REPORT #1))
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- ((BEGIN REPORT #2 of 2))
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- Webpage: http://www.nwlink.com/~ufocntr/reportform.html
- From: ((e-address deleted))
- Remote Host: 1((deleted))
- Remote Address: ((deleted))
- Web Browser: Mozilla/4.5 [en] (WinNT; U)
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- 100 Date: 03/13/01
- 110 Time: 22:00
- 120 Duration: 1 minute
- 130 Sighting City: Ketchum
- 140 Sighting State: id
- 150 Sighting Zip: 83340
- 160 Sighting County: Blaine
- 168 Number of Craft: 1
- 170 Witnesses: 1
- 172 Shape: Unknown
- 180 Description: High-altitude craft with red glow,
executed brief
- series of non-Newtonian manouvers over Sun Valley, Idaho.
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- 190 Description: Was taking my dog "outside,"
staring at the stars as I do nightly. I saw a red point of light dancing
around on a single cloud, assumed someone was playing with a laser pointer.
Then, the point started darting around beyond the boundaries of the small
cloud, against the dark, starry night sky. I then realized that it was
a vehicle, not a laser pointer. What I witnessed had the quality of a "joy
ride," of some presumably human pilot most likely taking a craft capable
of non-Newtonian manoeuvers "around the block for a spin." There
was no discernable symmetry or discipline to the crafts movements; a few
loops and zig-zags, darting over to another part of the sky, a few more
loops and zigs before taking off to the south. The sighting started with
the craft almost directly overhead, slightly west, then darting about 30
or 40 degrees due east, then departing southward. As mentioned, the craft
itself was a point of fuzzy red light, and constant (did not blink or vary
noticeably in intensity).
-
- ((END REPORT #2))
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