4/19/2009: Manhasset, NY, USA

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Occurred : 4/19/2009 09:35 (Entered as : 04/19/09 9:35) Reported: 4/19/2009 7:06:33 PM 19:06 Posted: 5/12/2009 Location: Manhasset, NY Shape: Triangle Duration: 5 seconds Characteristics: There were lights on the object, There was an aura or haze around the object, There were aircraft in the vicinity or aircraft chasing the object
Shimmering triangle of dim white lights change direction quickly and are gone - with no jet noise. As I arrived home just now and was heading to my front door, I saw three dim shimmering half invisible dim white lights (not blinking) in the shape of a tight wide triangle. They were heading to the northeast at an altitude of about 10,000 feet at a speed faster than fighter aircraft – but slower than a shooting star. However, there was no jet noise. I could not see the actual craft or crafts; just the lights. It looked like the lights of three fighter jets in tight formation. The craft or crafts turned north-northeast and headed out over the Long Island sound towards Westchester and quickly faded from sight. The turn was impossibly swift with no arc; more like an angle drawn on paper. The shimmering part was like a Star Trek movie when the ship comes out of cloaking – it was like the light formation was there but you could see through it somehow - half visible / half invisible. My daughter saw the movement but not much else. It was gone before I could process what it was. I am hoping others will see this and report it. I was just looking if anyone has reported anything similar and the Orland 4/10 sighting comes close.

National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report

Occurred : 4/19/2009 09:35 (Entered as : 04/19/09 9:35)
Reported: 4/19/2009 7:06:33 PM 19:06
Posted: 5/12/2009
Location: Manhasset, NY
Shape: Triangle
Duration: 5 seconds
Characteristics: There were lights on the object, There was an aura or haze around the object, There were aircraft in the vicinity or aircraft chasing the object

Shimmering triangle of dim white lights change direction quickly and are gone - with no jet noise.

As I arrived home just now and was heading to my front door, I saw three dim shimmering half invisible dim white lights (not blinking) in the shape of a tight wide triangle. They were heading to the northeast at an altitude of about 10,000 feet at a speed faster than fighter aircraft – but slower than a shooting star. However, there was no jet noise. I could not see the actual craft or crafts; just the lights. It looked like the lights of three fighter jets in tight formation. The craft or crafts turned north-northeast and headed out over the Long Island sound towards Westchester and quickly faded from sight. The turn was impossibly swift with no arc; more like an angle drawn on paper. The shimmering part was like a Star Trek movie when the ship comes out of cloaking – it was like the light formation was there but you could see through it somehow - half visible / half invisible. My daughter saw the movement but not much else. It was gone before I could process what it was. I am hoping others will see this and report it. I was just looking if anyone has reported anything similar and the Orland 4/10 sighting comes close.