Port Angeles, Washington UFO Sightings in 2001

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Hugh black object(s) in sky My husband and I were outside at about 16:30 on 12/29/01, overcast conditions (although a pretty thin cloud cover). We witnessed an object which appeared quite large in the sky above us. It was hard to see a shape, it seemed to be moving in and out of the cloud cover, or changing shape.

It was black and had no visible lights. This lasted for about 2-3 minutes. Then about 1 minute later, we saw a black, disc-shaped object fall like a leaf out of the sky, above some trees approximately 1/2 mile away.

After this was seen, we noticed more movement in the same area of the falling object. The first thing I thought was, oh, they're hang gliding! So, it almost looked like 2 objects in the clouds at this point, maybe triangular shaped. They seemed to be moving playfully, but it was very hard to tell because they (or it) were in and out of the cloud cover like before.

We never noticed the falling object coming back up or actually landing.I was able to watch the movement in the clouds for about 10 seconds then they (or it) disappeared, seemingly flying into heavier cloud cover.These objects or object appeared to be floating or hovering and actually changing shape with the clouds - it's quite hard to describe.

There was absolutely no wind, or sound at all. We thought of kites, hang gliders, planes, weather balloons, none of which seem to fit what we witnessed. We continued to watch the sky for the next 20 minutes, but saw nothing else unusual.

((NUFORC Note: Report submitted to MUFON by same witness. PD)).

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Large, black object(s) seen in the clouds above Port Angeles My husband was outside watching the sky as he often does, waiting for me to get ready so we could go to the movies. He observed a huge black object above him, seemingly cloaked in the clouds. It was a calm day, with a partial cloud cover, no wind at all.

He watched the object(s) for a minute then ran in to yell for me to "come now PLEASE!" I ran outside and he related to me what he had seen, since the object was no longer there. He described it as a huge black "wall", but it almost seemed to be changing shapes within the cloud. He said it was at least 2 football fields in length from his perspective.

I continued to watch the sky with him and about 1 minute later, we both observed a solid, black disc shaped object fall like a leaf from the clouds, about 1/2 mile from where the object originally was seen by my husband. It seemed to be heading N/NW This was seen above the treeline, so we didn't see where it went, just that it fell. Then directly above that, in the clouds again, I saw what appeared to be two large black objects "dancing" in the clouds.

I immediately said "oh, look honey, they're hang-gliders!" But they were seemingly quite large, in fact it could have been one object, as the clouds were obscuring parts of whatever I was seeing. They or it continued moving for about 10 seconds, then completely disappeared into the cloud cover. This is the first time my husband or I has witnessed anything remotely unexplainable in the sky.

We are at a complete loss as to how to explain it. We've thought of kites, hang-gliders, balloons, airplanes, blimps, stealth bombers, none of it seems to fit. There were no visible lights on the object(s), it was just big and black.

It made no noise whatsoever, and there was no wind at all. It was afternoon, with about 1 hour left of good daylight. I am a professional, working in the health care field here in town.

My husband is a stay at home dad, caring for our 2 year old son. We have been going nuts trying to figure this out. We haven't seen any other reports of a sighting on that day.

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Photo of UFO taken. I'm a K-9 Search and Rescue Coordinator. I was working up on Hurricane Ridge The Olympic Nat.

Forest doing some training and was taking a photograph of the mountain range west of my location on Hurricane Ridge. Didn't see or hear anything. When I got home, I downloaded the disc on my pc and found a triangle image on the photograph hovering at approx.

1000feet. It's metal, triangle. didn't see or hear it when I took the photo.

WE've blown up the image and it isn't a bird, or a jet. No clue of what it is. It's not on the camera lens, or something we've made up either.

Didn't even know it was up there when I took the photo. ((NUFORC Note: We have looked at the digital image forwarded to NUFORC. It is interesting, but the low resolution does not allow us to establish unambiguously what the object is.

We have requested a higher resolution image, in order to try to identify the object. However, the witness is correct in stating that the object appears to have a definite shape that is not consistent with anything that is readily identifiable. PD)).

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"SATELLITE" EMITTING BRILLIANT FLASH OF LIGHT IN TWO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS At approximately 0345 on Saturday 18 August 2001, myself and my wife were at a location approximately 20 miles west of town along the shores of Lake Cresent. We were there to observe the stars on a cloudless clear night. An object (which was a dim light, much like a dim star) appeared, it appeared to be a satillite transversing the sky from approximately NNE to the SE.

We first observed the object south of zenith and 15 degrees east of zenith. As the object moved to the south we say a brilliant white light (which appeared diamond shaped) flash from it as it travelled south. From where we were standing, it appeared that the flash was directed towards us, as if looking into a brilliant spot lite.

About 10 seconds later, it flashed again, the flash was brighter than any other object in the sky by many magnitudes (even the ISS is not that bright). Again after about 10 seconds a third flash was observed, however this flash was directed away from us, as it appeared that we could see the beam of it drifting out in front of the small object. Shortly after the third flash eminating from it, it vanished.

Total duration of seeing this object was approximately 1 minute. We just stood there looking at each other and tried to confirm what we had just seen.

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Sighting of a UFO that could not be explained by a physics professor/pilot. I stepped outside and noticed a light in the sky. After a couple of moments it began to move (at a "normal" rate of speed).

I didn't really think anything of it. When it crossed the horizon of the opposing mountain range (about 5 miles away, 3-5000ft) it caught my attention and I began watching it closely. During a period of about five minutes, I watched the object cover vast areas (several miles), several times over, in the blink of an eye.

The object would move, stop on a dime, and immediately change directions with angles nearly as sharp as 180 degrees. The object (its lights) were frequently changing, and/or blinking. I saw red lights, white lights, and at least one other color.

At one point, when the object was stopped, I counted the white light as it flashed 26 times in approximately 3 seconds. Suddenly, the object began its rapid movement again, and finally disappeared. ((NUFORC Note: Witness, who elects to remain totally anonymous, indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate.

PD)).