NUFORC Sighting 73314

Occurred: 2009-09-17 21:10 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2009-11-15 16:33 Pacific
Duration: 15 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Williamsville, NY, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object

Orange-yellowish, hazy lights in the shape of a triangle.

Living in the immediate area of the Buffalo-Niagara International Airport, actually in the flight path of the alternate crosswinds runway, I enjoy laying outside on many evenings watching the stars and flight paths of jets/planes. Also do this at property in Springville, New York which is approximately 35 miles south of Buffalo.

On approximately this night, my daughter and I went outside at 20:50 hours to hopefully see a satellite that the local news stations had said was to pass over the Buffalo area around 21:00 hours and be visible with the naked eye. I have always read that a visible satellite was pretty much a constant moving white light that would move across the skies. If I remember correctly, I believe the news reported that this satellite was to move from the NE to the SW or vice versa. Not positive at this point, but I believe this is what they had indicated. It was to pass over at approximately 21:05 hours.

As my daughter and I waited and watched, we apparently missed seeing this or just were not looking in the correct direction. We continued to stay outside and enjoy the night sky above. At approximately 21:15 hours my daughter first noticed the following and then I did. We are not crazy and we both know what we saw.

What we saw came across the night sky, curving from the NNW to the SSE. In the shape of a triangle were 3 hazy, dull, orange-yellowish colored lights moving/gliding in a quiet, peaceful motion slightly rotating on its own axis. It appeared to be only, say, a few hundred yards above us and well below the night stars in the sky. It was no aircraft, no helicopter, no weather balloon, no satellite, no military crafts, etc., etc. And funny thing is, its path of going to the SSE was basically going just west of the airport, over the Cheektowaga area.

My daughter and I looked at each other in excitement and somewhat disbelief with what we both saw. We know we saw something and we are convinced it was an UFO. I for one have always believed in UFO’s and been very much interested in them for years. We did not report this to the Town of Amherst Police or any other agency. There was nothing in the media outlets, papers or radio in the following days after that I am aware of.




NUFORC Note:

Witness indicates that date is approximate. PD


Posted 2009-12-12

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