| ID | #1623158063 |
| Added | Tue, 08/06/2021 |
| Author | July N. |
| Sources | Ed Sherwood
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| Phenomena | |
| Status | Research
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Initial data
Chris and Ed Sherwood were walking their family dog, a few blocks from their apartment, when about halfway down the street, the dog stopped to sniff. Ed looked up and between the two buildings immediately noticed something very strange in the sky, slowly flying towards them.
At first, he thought the helicopter was high above the city, about a mile or two away. It was solid, bulky, and ranged in appearance from dark gray to black. However, the more he watched it, the closer it got, and the closer it got, the more abnormal it looked.
He quickly realized that the " UFO " was much smaller and much closer than originally thought, and that it was not a helicopter. Instead, it was about a third of a mile away, made no discernible sounds, was the size of a very large human, and looked oddly "humanoid."
The witness first considered a tethered balloon, or an inflatable "parade character" released, but it didn't actually look or behave the same. After about 10 seconds, he brought it to Chris ' attention, and the two of them watched him together a few more times. Knowing that he was only a block and a half from their apartment, and watching the "object" move slowly, he decided to run back to get their H18 video camera.
However, the object immediately stopped and began to move away from its position in a north-westerly direction. Determined not to miss the opportunity, he ran for the camera. Finally, he managed to film the "humanoid" as it slowly approached the intersection about 350 feet (105 m) away.
Curiously, as it approached the intersection and flew over it, the UFO seemed to form a cross almost in the sky. It was the only time in the entire time of observation that he had seen it. After a few seconds, what looked like outstretched arms or appendages of some sort were now lowered into a semi-sitting position.
The figure remained in this configuration with some subtle movements until the end of the observation. Eventually, the figure disappeared behind some buildings.
Original news
Location. North West Santa Monica, California
Date: November 27 2004
Time: 1015A
Kris and Ed Sherwood were out walking their family dog, a few blocks from their apartment when approximately half way down the street as the dog stopped to sniff; Ed looked up and between two buildings immediately noticed something very strange in the sky, flying slowly towards them. At first he considered a helicopter high above the city and perhaps one to two miles away. It was solid looking, bulky, and dark gray to black in appearance. However, the more he watched it the closer it came, and the nearer it came the more anomalous it looked. He quickly realized that the “UFO” was much smaller and much closer than originally thought, and it wasn’t a helicopter. Instead, it was about a third of a mile away, made no discernable sound, was about the size of a very large man, and looked oddly “humanoid”. The witness first considered a tethered balloon, or a released inflatable “parade character” but it didn’t actually look or behave like either. After about 10 seconds he drew Kris’s attention to it and they both observed it together for several more. Knowing that he was only a block and a half from their apartment, and observing how slowly the “object” was moving he decided to run back to retrieve their H18 video camera. However the object immediately stopped and began to head away from their position in a north westerly direction. Determined not to lose the opportunity he ran and obtained the camera. Finally he was able to film the “humanoid” as it slowly approached a cross street about 350 feet away. Curiously as it approached the cross street, and flew over it, the UFO seemed to form a cross almost in the sky. It was the only time during the entire sighting that he saw it do this. Seconds later what had looked like outstretched arms, or appendages of some kind were now down in a half resting position. The figure remained in this configuration with some subtle movements for the remainder of the sighting. The figure eventually disappeared behind some buildings.
Source: Ed Sherwood
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