NUFORC Sighting 60703

Occurred: 2007-12-08 12:00 Local
Reported: 2008-01-06 13:18 Pacific
Duration: unknown
No of observers: 1

Location: Ponce (Puerto Rico), PR, USA

Shape: Unknown

Possible UFO caught on digital camera near Ponce, Puerto Rico.

I am reporting a possible UFO inadvertently caught on a digital camera during sunny conditions, near noon-time, facing southwest on December 8th, 2007. The photo was intended to be a shot of the surf and cliff of Isla Caja de Muertos (aka Coffin Island). The island is located about five miles southeast of Ponce, Puerto Rico. The lat/long of the island is: 17º 53.48 North, 066º 31.13 West.

When the photos were downloaded from the camera to the computer, an unidentified flying object was found in the upper right portion of this picture, adjacent to the left side of the tall hill, Cerro Morillo, which is 170 feet tall, according to NOAA nautical chart #25685. I have included a link to an online version of this chart: http://www.oceangrafix.com/o.g/Charts/PR_VI/NOAA-Nautical-Chart-Punta-Petrona-to-lsla-Caja-de-Muertos.html The UFO appears to be at about a 40-45 degree angle when compared to the horizon. It's also a different color from the rocks and if you zoom in on it, it appears to be reflecting sunlight along the "top" edge. It is impossible for me to gauge the object's size, but Cerro Morillo is roughly 400 feet away from the camera. It appears that the obect may be beyond the hill and since no one saw it "in person" we don't know if it is ascending or descending. Another option is that the UFO is not descending or ascending but rather, banking in flight. As it appears in the picture the UFO seems to be at an angle. If you use the nautical chart as a reference and if you align a ruler from the flat "bottom" of the UFO to the water in the picture, the angle suggests it may be oriented toward the deeper water offshore.

At any rate, this object was not consciously observed by anyone present that day. Incidentally, it is only 32 miles, as the crow flies, from Coffin Island to Lares, Puerto Rico, a UFO sighting hotspot and location of a proposed UFO runway to be built by the locals!

Posted 2008-01-21