| ID | #1599852053 |
| Added | Fri, 11/09/2020 |
| Author | July N. |
| Sources | UFOEvidence.org
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| Phenomena | |
| Status | Research
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Initial data
Name: Dennis Horn
Place of residence: Florence, South Carolina, USA
Age: 50
My observation took place in the fall of 1971 in Florence, South Carolina. One evening, at dusk, I went out to the back yard and as soon as I came out, I noticed something dark overhead. I looked up and saw it up close and personal! The largest object I've ever seen in the sky in my entire life. A large black triangular ship was flying directly overhead.
The first thing I noticed about it was its size and how low it was. It should have been approximately 300 feet (91.4 m) across from tip to tip and about half that distance from the front tip to the back. It was completely silent, and I didn't hear a sound. It was great!
It was also moving very slowly, and I remembered thinking that it was moving too slowly to stay in the air with its size. At the bottom were lights of different colors-yellow, blue, orange, red.
I don't remember the order of the colors, but they were dimly lit and were evenly spaced from one end of the wing to the other.
It was approximately 500 feet (152.4 m) high and about 2.5 feet (0.7 m) wide at arm's length. I didn't see any signs or any other lights other than colored lights on the bottom. I didn't see any visual evidence of the engine or engine exhaust. As I said earlier, it was completely quiet. I watched him until he was out of sight (to the East).
As soon as it disappeared from my field of vision, 4 fighter jets flew by with a scream, moving along the same path as the UFO. There is an air force base (Shaw AFB) nearby about 40 miles away, and I assume they came from there.
I never heard anything on the news about UFO sightings and didn't report it to the BBC because my parents said the neighbors weren't going to make fun of us for reporting UFOs.
I saw this object and know that it was a vehicle, not a cloud, swamp gas, or the planet Venus. At the time, I was confused because I had never heard of a triangular UFO, I thought all UFOs were shaped like a saucer or a cigar.
I've since heard of black triangular UFOs in the ' 90s, and the one I saw in Arizona in 1997 seems very similar to what I saw.
Original news
My sighting occurred in the fall of 1971 in Florence, SC. Around dusk one evening I went out to the backyard and as soon as I went out I noticed something dark overhead. I looked up and saw it up close and personal! The largest object I had ever seen in the sky in my entire life. A large, black triangular craft was passing directly overhead. The first thing that I noticed about it was the size and how low it was. It had to be about 300 ft across from tip to tip and about half that distance from front tip to the rear. It was perfectly silent and I couldn’t hear any sound at all coming from it. It was awesome! It was also moving very slowly and I remembered thinking that it moved too slow to remain air born for its size. There were lights on the bottom of various colors – yellow, blue, orange, red. I don’t remember the order of the colors but they were dimly lit and were evenly spaced from one wing tip to the other. It was approximately 500 feet high and the width of it would be about 2.5 feet at arms length. I saw no markings of any kind or any other lights other than the colored lights on the bottom. I saw no visual evidence of an engine or any engine exhaust. As I stated earlier it was completely silent. I watched it until it traveled (east) out of sight. Just as it got out of my sight 4 fighter jets came screaming over going in the same path as the UFO. There is an Air Force base (Shaw AFB) about 40 miles away and I assume they came from there. I never heard anything on the news about a UFO sighting and I didn’t report it to the Air Force because my parents said we weren’t going to be laughed at by the neighbors for reporting a UFO. I did see this object and I know it was a vehicle and not a cloud or swamp gas or the planet Venus. I was confused at the time because I had never heard of triangular shaped UFOs, I thought all UFOs were saucer or cigar shaped. Since then I have heard of the black triangular UFOs in the 90s, and the one seen in Arizona in 1997 seems very similar to what I saw.
Name: Dennis Horne
Location: Florence, SC, USA
Age: 50
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