Auburn, Washington UFO Sightings in 2001

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3 sets of 2-4 objects flying in formation that were a semi-rectangular shape with a hazy aura around them as if entering the atmosphere I work in the Auburn Washington area and taking periodic breaks to run outside and see if I could spot any of the expected meteors from the Leonid shower. It was really early so I would have been surprised to see anything but a few sporadic meteors. My real excitement happened around 10:30! There were 3 sets in all and showed up approximately 1-2 minutes apart.

The first set, there were 3 in this first set (if i recall correctly), was travelling from south to north, from approximately the Cetus constellation through perhaps as far as the tail of Draco before fading out as if they had entered the atmosphere. They did not burn out or burst like a meteor might, the just faded. I was looking straight up from my location and facing east.

If I had to guess at a speed, they were moving at somewhere over 3 times the speed of sound, but nowhere near the speed of what you'd expect a meteor to travel at, and being a poor judge of speeds that high I could be way off. They were in formation and did not appear to move apart or together. I saw 2 more sets that were approximately the same in charateristics.

They were in formation, and they were at the same speed. The 2nd set contained 4, and the 3rd set contained 2. There may have been more, but thinking this was part of the meteor shower, and very different than any other I'd ever seen, I ran inside to grab the nearest co-worker to let them know that the meteors were really cool looking! We were back outside within 3 minutes, but no other appearances were made by these odd objects that I saw.

The easiest description I could give of these objects were that they looked like the effects given to photon torpedos.ya, like in star trek! The had a hazy redish-orange effect while they were seemingly entering the earth's atomsphere. The shape that I recall was semi-rectangular; maybe a 1x3 or 1x4 ratio.

Other than that, I couldn't make out any other specific traits about them. Like I said, these.things.

were definitely NOT meteors! I saw them all within about a 3 or 4 minute period and at around 10:30pm.

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Sonic-Booms rattle Windows in Auburn At approx. 12:58 this day, an apparent Sonic-Boom was heard which rattled the windows of our home in Auburn, Washington. This was a familiar sound as I have heard a Sonic-Boom many times before; the characteristic Boom, followed roughly 1 sec.

later with another Boom. I went to my mothers bedroom to see if she dropped something on the floor. She said no but had heard the noise.

While we were talking, there was another Boom, though with roughly twice the energy and only a single Boom! That one really rattled the windows!! I turned on the Scanner to see if any thing was reported to the local authorities-nothing. I got on the Web and checked several sites that have instant reports of quakes and the such-nothing. While on the Web, there was another Sonic-Boom (characteristic again) at 13:35 hours, local time.

Again, the windows really rattled! What is really interesting, was at 13:45 hours, the National Emergency Radio System was activated--(Nation Wide). The Notice stated this was a planned event and was in effect until 14:00 hours local time. During the duration of this incident, the sky was completely overcast with visibility of approx.

10 miles, No other aircraft were seen or heard. If this was a coincidence, I find it to be VERY interesting! I wonder if other reports were received with regards to this incident. ((NUFORC Note: We spoke with this witness, and he seemed very sincere and credible.

We contacted the FAA ARTCC in Auburn, WA, and they confirmed that one of their employees had heard the explosion, but did not know what it was. The Public Affairs Officer from McChord AFB reported that no known aircraft were flying at supersonic speeds at the time, and that the only explosions in the area were caused by ordnance on Ft. Lewis, located near McChord, but a long way from Auburn.

We do not know what caused the event. PD)).

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Tonight I was driving southbound on M st. in auburn. Directly in front of me through my windsheild I saw a very bright falling globe.

It was green and white in color and I took it to be meteor. I think it fell to the ground because I could see it fall between the trees which was in the lake tapps area. I've seen a lot of meteors before, but not one to last this long or to hit the ground.

Any reports of something hitting the ground in southern wa. tonight? ((NUFORC Note: Report submitted by individual in aviation industry. PD)).