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UFO. Saudi Arabia

ID #1608500143
Added Mon, 21/12/2020
Author July N.
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Incident date: 
01.1991 00:00
Location: 
пустыня Северная
Saudi Arabia

During Desert Storm, my unit was stationed in the desert to the north Saudi Arabia, about 50 miles south of the border with Iraq.

On at least two occasions when I was doing perimeter security in the early morning, I was sitting on the edge of the perimeter, scanning the area in front of me, when I suddenly had the feeling that something was above me. i looked over my shoulder and saw what looked like 5 lights, almost identical to the brightness of the stars, in the shape of a v flying above me. 

it was a moonless night, but the stars were shining brightly in this part of the desert, and whatever it was, this creature had appeared out of nowhere. what struck me as odd was that it didn't make any sound at all, but it looked like five stars moving slowly over my device. 

i continued to watch as the thing passed over my party, then moved out of my sight and slowly disappeared. As it flew by, all that could be heard was the faint sound of a gust of air, as if a faint wind was blowing.

Five minutes later, this cluster of V-shaped lights flew silently again. Twice in one night.

What was surprising about this was that I wasn't the only person in my unit who saw it. In fact, almost every person in my section has seen this group of lights fly silently over our place at one time or another. 

I happened to see it again on a separate night of duty, only this time I also had night vision goggles with me. It flew by again, and I tried my best to see what it was, but the only thing I could see was five lights, no shape or outline of the object was visible.

I remember reading reports of sightings of flying boomerangs at Fort Stockton in Texas, as well as the infamous "Phoenix Lights" sightings in 1997, and the descriptions of both of these sightings are very similar to what my unit's soldiers witnessed during a Desert Storm in 1991.

i'm still in the u.s. army, so i won't give my name and address, but i'd like to share it.

Original news

During Desert Storm, my unit was staged in the northern Saudi Arabian desert, about 50 miles south of the border with Iraq. On at least two occasions, as I was performing perimeter guard duty in the early morning hours, I was sitting on the edge of the perimeter, scanning the area to my front, when I suddenly had the feeling that something was over me. I looked back over my shoulder, and saw what appeared to be 5 lights, almost identical to the brightness of stars, in the shape of a V flying above me. It was a moonless night, but in that part of the desert, starlight shone brightly, and whatever this thing was appeared out of no where. What struck me as strange is that it made no sound at all, but it looked like five stars moving slowly over my unit. I kept watching as this thing passed over my unit, and then moved beyond me and slowly out of sight. As it passed over, all that could be heard, was the faint sound of a rush of air, like a low wind blowing. I have no way of judging the size of this object, as I could make out no shape of an object, only V shaped lights, but compared to the size of a Boeing 747, a plane of that size to have lights spread to those dimensions, would only possibly be 100 feet off the ground to be that size.

Within five minutes, this cluster of V-shaped lights flew silently over again. Twice in one night.

What was surprising in this, I was not the only person in my unit that saw this thing. In fact, nearly every person in my section at some time or another saw this cluster of lights silently flying over our site. I happened to see it again on a separate night of guard duty, only this time, I also had a set of night vision goggles with me. The thing flew over again, and I tried my best to train my goggles on it, but the only thing I could make out were the five lights, no form or outline of the object could be made out.

I recall reading accounts of the Fort Stockton flying boomerang sightings in Texas, as well as the infamous “Phoenix Lights” sightings in 1997, and descriptions of both of these sightings, sound very similar to what the Soldiers in my unit witnessed during Desert Storm in 1991. I am still serving in the US Army, so I withhold my name and address, but wanted to share this with you.

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