NUFORC Sighting 139602

Occurred: 2012-04-24 14:00 Local
Reported: 2018-04-23 21:34 Pacific
Duration: Few seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Raleigh, NC, USA

Shape: Cylinder
Characteristics: Aircraft nearby

Dark cylinder hanging motionless in the sky near a jet.

This sighting took place somewhere in North or Northeast Raleigh, North Carolina. I lived there with my girlfriend at the time for a short while and since I rarely ventured out of the house, I was unfamiliar with the area, so I'll try to give my best recollection involving where we might have been when I saw this UFO.

We're traveling in my girlfriend's car on what I believe was Spring of 2012. She was driving. I'm in the passenger seat and there was no one else besides us in the car. As we're moving I was looking at all the scenery and it was a beautiful day. In my peripheral vision, I noticed a large passenger jet somewhat high in the sky. The jet wasn't low. I'd wager it was flying at roughly 10-20,000 feet.

That's when I saw it. Just in front of the jet's path looked to what I can only describe as an Oil Drum or a dark, almost black-looking cylinder, upright like an oil drum. Now it was hard to tell but it looked like it was up there really close to this jet which was heading towards it.

The windows in the car were up so I heard no noise. It just seemed to hang there, motionless in the sky. I was excited so I told my girlfriend and she wanted to see it and asked where it was. I said, "It's up there, by that plane!" Unfortunately, she couldn't look as she was driving. I probably looked at this thing for about a minute, no more. As we drove some trees blocked my view. We pulled up to a traffic light and that's when I looked up again only this time all I could see was the jet and no cylinder.

To give an idea of the sizes of this jet and cylinder, at arm's length, the jet would have been about the size of my thumb and the cylinder was about 1/3 that size. I wish I could give more information but the sighting was brief.

Just one last thing. As I said, I was unfamiliar with the area, but I know we used to live a mile west of Route 1, a.k.a. (Capital Blvd). We lived off of Durant road between Capital Blvd. and Falls of Neuse Rd. The sighting was not too far from this area. I wish I could tell you the name of the road we were on, but all I can tell you is we were no more than 5 miles from our house on our way to get a burger from this great little burger and hotdog place where you walk up to the window and they take your order. When it's ready they call your number, go up to the window, get your food, and then we would just sit in our car and eat. That's the best description I can give as, yet again, I can't remember the name of the place!

Posted 2018-04-26

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