NUFORC Sighting 128995

Occurred: 2016-08-01 16:00 Local
Reported: 2016-08-03 16:38 Pacific
Duration: ~3 hours
No of observers: 4

Location: Menorca (Spain), , Spain

Shape: Cylinder
Characteristics: Lights on object

Long, cylindrical plane-like object appeared stationary in the sky for several hours.

I never used to believe in UFOs. But a lot of my friends do and they've convinced me and I do believe it now, although I'm new to this, so please forgive me.

I was on the way back from town with my dad, Mom and brother. We had seen some Paragliders earlier while driving and they are common on the island, but the there were only one or two.

About half an hour later, out my window on the left, I noticed a long, white cylinder in the sky, almost identical to a plane. But it was plane white and had no markings of an airline. I think it had wings and possibly a tail as a plane would but they they were difficult to work out so I can't be certain. It also had one or two lights on the bottom in the center. So I mistook it immediately just for a regular plane. There is an airport on the island but it is nowhere near and this road was a long stretch surrounded by fields.

I pointed it out to my family as a plane. But as we drove along the long road, it never moved. It seemed to hover over the fields, it wasn't moving vertically as far as I could tell but was just stationary in the sky. A plane wouldn't be capable of this so I quickly said it can't be a plane, because it was hovering and was too low and horizontal to be a plane. My dad suggested it was a Paraglider, but they were all red or orange and curved, smaller and not at all like this, although white ones may exist I don't think it fitted the profile.

We returned home and about 3 hours later, we went out to eat. I'm on holiday, so I'm not really familiar with the surroundings so I couldn't tell you what road it was exactly by name, but I know where it is. It was roughly 7pm (19:00), but I'm not sure of the exact time. I was in the car with my brother and uncle, the rest of my family were in the car behind. As we drove along the road, I was shocked to see it was still in the exact same position and this is when I realised it definitely wasn't a plane or Paraglider. I pointed it out to them and they had a minimal response, probably because it didn't look that interesting. I said it could be a UFO to see if they might tell me it was something they know of to discount that theory.

My uncle lives on the island and is interested in mechanics and engineering and if it had been something he knew of and could give me an explanation for, I'm almost certain he would've. I had my phone in my hand and went to take a picture. I zoomed in! and then couldn't find where I was so I zoomed out again but the object was gone. I looked out the window and it had vanished.

When we returned home, it was dark. The island has little light pollution so there are many visible stars. As we drove by, I was looking to perhaps see if it had returned but was doubtful I'd see anything because it was dark. But driving by, there was a light, the size of a small star, lower and dimmer than all the other stars and in the same position (as far as I could tell in the dim light) as the craft had been. This part of the sighting I can't confirm because it could've been a star for all I know, I'm not certain. But I definitely saw it in the daylight.

The next day, I asked my dad to take me back along the road and there was nothing in the sky. I haven't seen it since when we've driven along the road but it was in the same position for at least 3 hours.

Posted 2016-08-04