NUFORC Sighting 172932

Occurred: 2022-05-20 10:40 Local
Reported: 2022-11-12 19:14 Pacific
Duration: 5-10 seconds max
No of observers: 1

Location: South Bend, IN, USA
Location details: 3223 Caroline Street

Shape: Rectangle


I sighted an unusual flying object passing by my home that is unexplained.

Generally, each morning my husband and I sit in our front living room having coffee and he reads aloud to me from a large book of philosophy that we study and discuss. We have many large windows in that room, and I am able to birdwatch and enjoy my coffee while he reads. The sighting I am reporting was on a morning with normal weather, although not particularly bright or dark and overcast – nothing out of the ordinary. It was mid-morning and broad daylight. My street runs north and south, and we live on a high hill overlooking much of the neighborhood to the east. We were both seated on a couch by the front windows that face east. I am used to seeing aircraft from the local airport (Michiana Regional) passing over at higher levels and we have also seen helicopters, fighter jets on Notre Dame game days, and of course birds flying over. We have eagles and hawks living nearby that we sight regularly. What I saw was like nothing I have ever seen before, and I have found no pictures online that match anything like what I saw to help me describe it to you. The object I saw was flying much lower than any aircraft I have seen before but it was flying over the treetops of even the tall trees in my yard. I would guess the object was flying at about 300-500 feet above ground at about the same distance from my house to the east, perhaps more, but it definitely was flying between my street and Ironwood Road to the east – which is 3-4 blocks away. The object was rectangular in shape (it reminded me of a cell phone, only double in thickness but about the same ratio in length and width). My guess is that its size was at least 50 feet long, 20-25 feet wide, and 8-10 feet thick. The object was flying straight south to north; however, it was rotating in a rather slow and steady controlled flat spin. I noticed the spin by the reflection of light moving on the object's southern edge. The object was medium gray in color, metallic in consistency, with no visible windows, or lights observed. I did not hear any sound associated with the object – nothing other than normal household noise such as the air-conditioner, refrigerator, etc. I cannot figure out by what method it was flying. Propulsion couldn't have been the means because it was rotating. It had no blades like a helicopter or any type of protrusions on any side because I saw all 4 sides of it as it passed and rotated. I think it took at least a second for each side to turn away from me. I'm not sure, but I think the object was rotating in a counterclockwise manner. Of course, it happened so fast, and I was stunned trying to figure out what I was looking at so by the time I could say anything to my husband the object had gone out of view behind the large tree in our neighbor's front yard. He did not witness it. I texted my little brother who is in the Air Force and he said he didn't know of any military equipment like what I was describing. My father was very ill at the time, I was focused on that, and I didn't know anyone to report it to – it didn't seem appropriate to report to the police, so I decided to forget about it. Obviously, something like that is hard to forget about, and today a friend visited who works in air-traffic control who recommended this sight to report my experience. I'm not sure what good it will do, but now I feel I have done my duty to report it.







Posted 2022-12-22

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