Jabbermocky
Paranormal Maven
Being an "Apprentice" on this Forum I had posted my "triangular UFO" story directly into that thread --not wanting to break yet another rule -- duplicate posting -- I'll leave that there for you o find if you wish. My other unexplained aerial phenomena happened a few years after my triangle experience and once again involved my youngest son as a co-witness, as well as my wife this time.
We were just beginning our journey back home from a soccer game between my son's team and that of our rival town, Hanna (home of the band Nickleback). We were still in Hanna and approaching Highway 9 -- which runs almost perfectly east to west at that point. We were travelling due south on the approach road that joins the highway. As we were slowing down to stop at the intersection I saw something falling from the sky directly in front of us. I called out to my wife who was sitting in the passenger seat beside me and to my son sitting behind us, "What's that?" and pointed to what appeared to be a falling 'orb' of some kind.
We watched in amazement as it fell to Earth in a smooth free-fall, not slowly, but slow enough for me to be able to notice it, apprise everyone in the vehicle of its location in the sky and for them to see it too. The object fell due south -- which is as cardinally south as you are going to get (if you know what Alberta roads are like) -- and I believe we all three expected it to explode as it hit the horizon (which due to a hill in the terrain was about a mile and half south of us), but it did not it just disappeared -- no flash of light or sparkling light show, just vanished before our eyes.
How we described it to each other, as far as colours go, was different. My son saw mostly a blue/green orb whereas I seem to recall orangey/brown patches on a blue orb; but we didn't have a lot of time to observe it and so were relying on our memories to fill in blanks. That said, I thought it curious that the colours I believe that I saw are reminiscent of the colours of the Earth. I often wonder if it was a case of the atmosphere reflecting an image of the Earth back in somewhat of a holographic manner and as we moved towards it, it moved. Since that time another theory crossed my mind. I am a bit of a star-gazer and in certain times of the year, when the Sun does not fall far below the horizon in this area of the world, the Iridium satellites can be seen to reflect the Sun's light onto the Earth as they travel close the horizon above the northern hemisphere. Perhaps what we were witnessing was a satellite's reflective paneling catching an image of the Earth and bouncing it back at us -- but it was at a distance from us, so you would expect it to reflect off something or travel over us (and not drop).
Another piece of information on the area is that there is a coal-fired power station almost directly south of the town by about 12 and half miles -- perhaps some kind of electromagnetism generated by the power station might be at play.
We were just beginning our journey back home from a soccer game between my son's team and that of our rival town, Hanna (home of the band Nickleback). We were still in Hanna and approaching Highway 9 -- which runs almost perfectly east to west at that point. We were travelling due south on the approach road that joins the highway. As we were slowing down to stop at the intersection I saw something falling from the sky directly in front of us. I called out to my wife who was sitting in the passenger seat beside me and to my son sitting behind us, "What's that?" and pointed to what appeared to be a falling 'orb' of some kind.
We watched in amazement as it fell to Earth in a smooth free-fall, not slowly, but slow enough for me to be able to notice it, apprise everyone in the vehicle of its location in the sky and for them to see it too. The object fell due south -- which is as cardinally south as you are going to get (if you know what Alberta roads are like) -- and I believe we all three expected it to explode as it hit the horizon (which due to a hill in the terrain was about a mile and half south of us), but it did not it just disappeared -- no flash of light or sparkling light show, just vanished before our eyes.
How we described it to each other, as far as colours go, was different. My son saw mostly a blue/green orb whereas I seem to recall orangey/brown patches on a blue orb; but we didn't have a lot of time to observe it and so were relying on our memories to fill in blanks. That said, I thought it curious that the colours I believe that I saw are reminiscent of the colours of the Earth. I often wonder if it was a case of the atmosphere reflecting an image of the Earth back in somewhat of a holographic manner and as we moved towards it, it moved. Since that time another theory crossed my mind. I am a bit of a star-gazer and in certain times of the year, when the Sun does not fall far below the horizon in this area of the world, the Iridium satellites can be seen to reflect the Sun's light onto the Earth as they travel close the horizon above the northern hemisphere. Perhaps what we were witnessing was a satellite's reflective paneling catching an image of the Earth and bouncing it back at us -- but it was at a distance from us, so you would expect it to reflect off something or travel over us (and not drop).
Another piece of information on the area is that there is a coal-fired power station almost directly south of the town by about 12 and half miles -- perhaps some kind of electromagnetism generated by the power station might be at play.
