| ID | #1617557377 |
| Added | Sun, 04/04/2021 |
| Author | July N. |
| Sources | NUFORC
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| Phenomena | |
| Status | Research
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Initial data
Clearly saw a flying object in the shape of an arrow, which made no noise and had no running lights in Morocco.
In 1998, I was traveling in Europe and Africa and met two other tourists at a hotel in a city in Morocco. I was 23 years old, male, American. The others were Scots and Canadians in their 20s, both men. The other witnesses were smoking marijuana, and I was completely sober. We were on the roof of the hotel, watching the meteor shower.
A few blocks away was a (wedding?) a party with large floodlights that periodically extinguished all the lights in our area of the city, and there were few street lights. While I / we were looking up, the object was flying directly above us, and I watched it fly almost directly above us, where I first noticed it, to the horizon.
Since there are no reference objects in the sky, I can only guess at the size and speed. If I held my hand at arm's length, my thumb would almost cover it. It took 5-6 seconds to pass about 60 degrees in my field of view. It seemed much lower than the stars, and I could see the edges clearly, so I assume it was between the size of a single propeller plane and an airliner flying at about 10,000 feet (higher than a propeller plane, but much lower than an airliner).
The shape was perfectly geometric: draw a circle, cut it in half, then remove the two semicircles with the "corners" touching the straight line on which the original cut was made, and this will be the exact shape. As a result, if you draw, it should be something like a rounded boomerang with the tip coming out from the back. It made no noise at all and had no running lights. It had a dull orange glow. The closest I can compare in color / glow is the coil of an electric stove when the coil is just starting to heat up. I can't tell if the glow came from the object or was a reflection of the light from the party.
In any case, it wasn't very bright, and since it didn't make any noise, I don't think I would have seen it if I hadn't already been looking up. I discussed this observation with another witness from Scotland, and it was obvious that he saw what I was doing; A witness from Canada said he was "not sure what he saw" and did not discuss it.
It didn't actually have a "haze or aura around the object", so I didn't check this box, the light was more like "on" the object and didn't come out of it.
Original news
Date: August 20 1998
Location: Chechauoene, Morocco
Time: 22:00
Summary: Clearly saw a flying boomarang-shaped object that made no noise and had no running lights in Morocco.
I was backpacking in Europe and Africa in 1998 and met two other backpackers at a hotel in a town in Morocco. I was 23, male, American; others were early 20’s Scottish and Canadian, both male. Other witnesses had been smoking hash, I was completely sober. We were on the roof of the hotel watching a meteor shower. There was a (wedding?) party a few blocks away from us with big flood lights that were periodically blowing out all the lights in our section of the town, and there were few street lights. While I/we were looking up, the object flew directly over us, and I watched it travel from almost directly over us where I first noticed it to the horizon. With no reference objects in the sky I can only guess at the size and speed. If I held my hand above me at arm’s length my thumbnail would have almost covered it. It took 5-6 seconds to travel about 60 degrees across my field of vision. It seemed much lower than the stars, and I could clearly see the edges, so my guess is it was between the size of a single prop plane and an airliner, flying at about 10,000 feet (higher than a prop plane but much lower than an airliner). The shape was perfectly geometric: draw a circle, cut it in half, then remove two half circles with the “corners” touching from the straight line where the original cut was made and that would be the exact shape. The result if you were drawing it should be something like a rounded boomerang with a point coming out of the back. It made no noise at all, and had no running lights. It appeared to have a dull orange glow; the closest thing I can compare the color/glow to is the coil of an electric stove when the coil is just starting to heat up. I cannot say if the glow was coming from the object or was a reflection from the lights from the party. In any case, it was not very bright and since it made no noise, I do not think I would have seen it if I had not already been looking up. I discussed the sighting with the other witness from Scotland and it was evident he saw what I did; the witness from Canada said he was “not sure what he saw” and would not discuss it. It didn’t really have a “haze or aura around the object” so I didn’t check that box, the light was more like “on” the object and didn’t extend from it.
Source: NUFORC
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