NUFORC Sighting 08172

Occurred: 1985-05-01 03:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 1999-06-27 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 15 seconds

Location: Northern Exumas (3 miles east of) (Bahamas), , Bahamas

Shape: Cylinder
Characteristics: Lights on object, Emitted beams

At about 3 AM I saw a light heading toward me which had no other navigation lights. It droopped a cylinder obliquily and turned upward

I was cruising in the Bahamas and saw a single light come toward me from the North. I was on a North - South line about 3 miles off of the Northern Exumas. It kept coming toward me with only one light which I perceived to be a landing light. However, It had a beam go down at a slanted diirection and then something went down the beam after which the light went upwards and disappeared. I, being an old pilot ,thought it was a drug drop but I could not account for the slanted beam and the object which seemed to defy gravity. There was only one light and no noise.

Posted 2001-08-05