- Date: July 27, 2005
- Time: 9:00 p.m.
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- Number of witnesses: 2
- Number of objects: 1
- Shape of objects: Cylindrical/spherical
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- Full Description of event/sighting: Oh how I love storm
watching. The rumbling thunder and spectacular lightshows, to the pouring
rain and endless candlelit games of charades during power outages. On
the evening of July 27th, 2005 at approximately 9:00pm, my girlfriend and
I witnessed an object flying that was, and remains, unidentified. Was
its purpose to view the storm, or for the storm to help view it.
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- The anticipation of an ending record breaking "heat
wave" had been felt all day. Finally these 100+ degree daytime highs
were going to be crushed by a cold front, resulting in large, severe thunderstorms.
In fact, weather reports earlier in the day were claiming that the huge
ban of thunderstorms (from Texas to New England) were producing wind gusts
up to 60mph, and large hail stones. As soon as I heard the emergency broadcast
alerts by means of television, I knew it was coming.
- After a few rumbles of thunder were heard, I decided
to head outside to watch. It was about 8:45pm and the sun was set, yet
there was still a shimmer of light in western sky coming through the clouds
of the oncoming storm. I sat in my usual spot on the deck steps. Our
deck is roofed which provides excellent storm watching without getting
wet. My eyes were wondering back and forth between my 11 month old puppy
playing in the yard and the inconsistent flashes of lightning reflecting
off neighboring houses.
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- As I looked to my right, I noticed a bright star in between
two parallel power lines from my vantage point. It flickered violently
between white and amber colors, just as a star rapidly twinkles in the
distance.the object didn't appear to be moving at all and I thought to
myself, maybe this is a planet because it seems much larger than even the
largest, brightest star. So there I was trying to decipher the object and
realized that whatever it was seemed to be under the veil of storm clouds.
There was no clear patch in the clouds to peek at the humbling vastness
of space. So as I watched this mysterious light in the sky, it became
clear that it was moving. I performed many visual tests with stationary
objects (power lines) to make sure the object was moving. This went on
for about two minutes before I decided to ask my girlfriends opinion and
grab my video camera. I began recording for a total of 6 minutes. The glowing
object ever so slowly hovers to my east and descends. There was approximately
4 more min of viewing before the object descends below the tree-line and
out of view. That are not in this footage.
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- As far as the objects actual size and distance I have
no idea. At approximately 9:45 pm I decided to call the non-emergency line
of one of the Norfolk police depts. I asked the officer (or whomever answered
my call) if there had been any reports of unidentified flying objects in
the area within the past hour or so. He said not at that particular station,
but inquired about my sighting. I explained and his response was that
a logical explanation was that there is always a high amount of helicopter
traffic from local TV stations etc in the area. I thanked the man for
his time and hung up. This object was NOT an airplane (although Norfolk
International Airport is within about 7 miles from my location). The object
was definitely NOT a helicopter (my sister flies CH-46 helicopters for
the navy and my father is a retired commander). There were no signs of
any flashing beacons. The object was NOT a star or planet due to its movement
and location under the clouds.
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- I am not 100% sure on the following topic of balls of
light appearing in storms due to the electrically charged atmosphere so
I cant rule it out. More personal research will tell. Here is a video
capture in mpeg format from the original, non duplicated hi-8 Sony video
camera tape. The transfer appears darker than the original tape, but I
didn't want to edit the picture quality in any way. The only editing done
is a layer of text with date time location and my name. The most exhilarating
image however appears when I took a still photo of the image during the
illumination of a lightning flash. I challenge all of you to dissect this
footage with my full cooperation to help in ANY WAY NECESSARY. I was
privileged to witness this event and hope this footage can provide some
stepping stone closer to truth.
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- Thank you to the witness for the interesting report and
photo.
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- Brian Vike, Director
- HBCC UFO Research
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