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Date: January 18, 2007 Time: 11:50 p.m. (+3 GMT)
Number of witnesses: 1 Number of objects: 1 Shape
of objects: Triangular
Full Description of event/sighting: After having
a long nap from 7:00 until 10:30 p.m. I got up and stayed awake, while my
husband and daughter went to bed. I was searching the Internet for maps to
locate McNaught comet (C/2006 P1) in my place (Latitude: 7° 06', South.
Longitude: 34° 53', West), Joao Pessoa, Brazil. I was upset because I realized
it wouldn't be easy to see the comet from here.
I went to bed thinking about the comet and stayed
observing the nice spot of clear sky I have trough my large bedroom's window (6th
floor) which is always kept open during the warm summer weather. I have a nice
view from here since there are no buildings around and we are only 100m from
the beach in fact, from my window, I am facing the sea and "Ponta do
Seixas", the eastern most point of the Americas.
There were no clouds, neither the moon and I was
observing the sky and the constellations (The Southern Cross, The Great Dog,
Orion...) when I suddenly spotted what, at a first sight, looked like a tiny
cloud blown by the wind, I felt strange because it was moving quite fast. When
I observed it properly, I have noticed it’s triangular shape without a clear
contour made up of some faint points of white light (I could not count how many
points, maybe six or seven).
The delta shaped "thing" was traveling
soundless from southeast to northwest in a peculiar way with its wider angle
pointing sideway (even a delta shaped airplane would not fly with one of the
wings heading!). I then realized that could be a formation of orbs.
It was difficult to guess the altitude but it
could be compared to a commercial plane flying at 3000m. It soon went of my
visual field (passing over my roof) I run to the next room, facing north and in
a second I could spot the triangular shape again. I observed it until it faded
into the light sky of the city (away from the sea)
I doubt a person who was not intentionally
watching the night sky would ever have noticed that "thing". I had
the impression it was traveling camouflaged. I must add to this report that I
have an engineering background and a considerable experience in observing the
sky (I was an amateurs junior astronomer while at the university).
Additional Information Below: Hello Brian, Since
then I have made a lot of suppositions and calculus:
I have taken a time average of many repetitions
of my movements again and I found time of observation=20 seconds.
Altitude (h): I had to guess - my first impression
is h > 3000 m = 3 km - reason: I am used to observe things closer than 3 km
by just looking out from my window, boats, people at the beach, cars, planes -
at smaller distances I see more details even at night.
Length (L): since the thing's longer side comprised
approximately a 2º angle (2 full moon size), which equals 0.255 rd and then, L
= 3000 x 0.255 = 76.5 m
Also, by estimating angles I could also calculate
the speed (s) of the "thing":
1. Supposing h = 3 km then v = 954 km/h !
2. Supposing h = 6 km then v = 1908 km/h !!! ( In
this case the length would be L = 6000 x 0.524 = 153 m !
3. I don't want to suppose any higher!
Yes, points of light - in fact they looked like
faint stars (as I can see The Pleiades with naked eye) - I was not able to
count them but they were around 5 to 8 points of light spread over the
triangular area.
At that time my street and the region around is
always completely silent - just the sea at a distance, no restaurants are open
and everybody at home (2 more people) were asleep. I would have heard the sound
of a plane or anything like if closer.
Clear glass windows measuring 1.50 x 1.20 (half
of them open), no wind blowing (it is terrible warm by this time of the year) -
6th floor without any other apartment building around (only houses). Good
visibility!
There are only 4 commercial flights per day
arriving at Joao Pessoa since the main airports in the region are in neighbor
cities (Recife and Natal) and even though, the airport is 30 km to the west
away from here. I don't think this direction (Southeast to Northwest) is a
flight corridor - I see some planes from South to North (over the sea) and the
ones arriving here, I see at a distance East to West. I will observe more
carefully from now on!
As I have estimated, the "thing" was
really faster then a plane at cruise altitude.
The additional impression I can tell is that at
first I thought it was a tiny cloud when I realized it was to fast and had
points of light I was really frightened because I found strange, what appeared
to me like a "flying blade". I have even said to me "Oh my God,
what is that? I just calm down when I thought it could be transparent, or, less
frightening, a formation of smaller points of light.
I have made a simple drawn of what it looked
like.
Thank you.
Thank you to the witness for the excellent report
and diagram.
Brian Vike, Director Kamloops British Columbia Canada UFO
Research. Email: brian_vike@telus.net
The Vike Factor Blog.
Kamloops British Columbia Canada UFO Research.
