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Fairfield, Iowa (United States)

Sighted on Tuesday 23. October 2007
Reported on
Shape: Triangle | Duration: Undisclosed
Source:

OCTOBER 23,2007. 5:45 AM. FAIRFIELD IOWA. JEFFERSON STREET,APPROXIMATELY 100 FT. EAST OF 12TH STREET. THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR ,DARK AND NO MOON.STARS WERE VISIBLE. I WAS DELIVERING PAPERS AND WALKING BACK TO MY VEHICLE. AS I OPENED THEDOOR, SOMETHING CAUGHT MY EYE BUT ONLY BRIEFLY, AND I LOOKED DOWN TO GETIN MY VEHICLE. I WAS THINKING WHAT I SAW WAS BIRDS FLYING AT NIGHT, THE STREET LIGHTS REFLECTING OFF THEIR BELLIES. AS SOON AS I LOOKED DOWN, ILOOKED UP AGAIN, BUT I COULD SEE NO WINGS FLAPPING. THERE WERE NO STREET LIGHTS TO ILLUMINATE THEM. I SAW 3 DULL LIGHTS AND THEY REMAINED DULLAND CONSTANT FOR THE DURATION. DAY TIME VIEWS WOULD HAVE PLACED THESELIGHTS TO THE NORTH ON A SIGHTLINE ABOVE SOME TREES 3 BLOCKS AWAY WHENI FIRST NOTICED THEM. THE LIGHTS WERE GOING UP AND SLIGHTLY TO MY RIGHT AT WHAT SEEMED LIKE ACONSTANT SPEED, MOVING TO THE SOUTH. AS THEY GOT HIGHER, THEY BEGAN TOTAKE ON A TRIANGLE SHAPE, WITH 2 LIGHTS IN FRONT AND 1 LIGHT IN BACK.I COULD HEAR NO NOISE. I COULD SEE NO STRUCTURE. I DON'T RECALL ANY STARS BEING BLOCKED OUT, POSSIBLY BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING BACK AND FORTH AT THE LIGHTS IN FRONT AND THE LIGHT IN BACK. MY REACTION WAS JUST TOSTARE AT THE LIGHTS. NO EMOTION. BUT AS THEY GOT HIGHER, I BEGAN THINKING,{CMS/jat/pd} I WAS SEEING SOMETHING THAT MEMBERS OF MY FAMILY HAD EVENSEEN. JEFFERSON STREET TO THE EAST OF ME IS A HILL. AS THE LIGHTS REACHED A POINT ABOVE ME, I WAS LOOKING UP 70 TO 75 DEGREES FROM LEVEL. THE CRESTOF THE HILL IS ILLUMINATED BY A STREET LIGHT, AND I COULD STILL SEE IT IN MY FIELD OF VISION WHILE LOOKING UP AT THE LIGHTS. THE DISTANCEBETWEEN THE FRONT LIGHTS AND THE BACK LIGHT WAS GREATER THAN THAT OF THE STREET. I ESTIMATE THE LIGHTS WERE 1/8 TO 3/16 MI. HIGH.THERE IS A TREE TO MY SOUTHEAST, 25 TO 30 FT. AWAY, 30 TO 35 FT. TALL.THE FRONT LIGHTS DISAPPEAR BEHIND THE TREE AND I FOCUS ON THE BACK LIGHT.THE BACK LIGHT APPEERS TO PICK UP SPEED BEFORE GOING BEHIND THE TREE, ANDI SEE NO MORE OF IT. TOTAL TIME ABOUT 15 SECONDS.AFTER A FEW MORE SECONDS I FELT ELATION AT SEEING THIS, WONDERING WHATIT WAS, AND THINKING IF SOME HUMAN HAS THIS TECHNOLOGY, THEY NEED TO SHARE IT WITH THE REST OF US AND SAY "SCREW OPEC".

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