I live in the heavily populated island and there is so much light pollution that it is quite boring observing the sky.
I spent last weekend in the neighboring small island very quiet and not so built up. It was very different and it was surprising to see how active night sky really is.
I' ve seen several falling stars, many airplanes , something that I excitedly declared as UFO during dinner and then everyone agreed that it must be very distant airplane, so distant that for a while it appeared to be stationary.
Later on I was sitting on a hotel terrace with a friend and we were talking. And then all of the sudden I saw it.
It was a big (one third of the moon crescent which was visible last night) spherical object which appeared out of nowhere that seemed to be hoovering. My friend suggested that it looks somewhat like jelly wish, and indeed that was the most curious about this thing - it seemed to be pulsating. It was predominantly orange colored light but the lights seemed to be fading and then intensifying again.
What stayed with me very much was this notion that I could hear the sound connected to it, sort of like hissing. I am saying notion because this object was very far and objectively couldnt be heard on the terrace,so more likely this was some strange subjective impression.
The thing hovered for about few minutes - I even took picture with my phone but the result was very disappointing. Then it started moving slowly at an angleof 45 degrees and after some seconds simply vanished into tin air.
What also stood up was the fact that apart from me (and my friend after being alerted by me) nobody else on the terrace - and there were about 10-15 other people lounging there - noticed anything. I could see first hand how little people pay attention to the things going on above their heads.
All in all it was very interesting experience worth sharing here.
I was reading about UFO's so many times but never for a moment I considered possibility that I will see one. It was a funny coincidence to see it on the eve of my significant birthday. Nit sure if it was entirely pleasant event as there was some eeriness about it.
I am glad I wasn't alone and this experience was shared with a friend who is not just a skeptic but totally closed to the idea of UFO (sort of it doesn't interest me in slightest if they exist or not or what are they) and was in the end left speechless and quite shaken by the experience.
I spent last weekend in the neighboring small island very quiet and not so built up. It was very different and it was surprising to see how active night sky really is.
I' ve seen several falling stars, many airplanes , something that I excitedly declared as UFO during dinner and then everyone agreed that it must be very distant airplane, so distant that for a while it appeared to be stationary.
Later on I was sitting on a hotel terrace with a friend and we were talking. And then all of the sudden I saw it.
It was a big (one third of the moon crescent which was visible last night) spherical object which appeared out of nowhere that seemed to be hoovering. My friend suggested that it looks somewhat like jelly wish, and indeed that was the most curious about this thing - it seemed to be pulsating. It was predominantly orange colored light but the lights seemed to be fading and then intensifying again.
What stayed with me very much was this notion that I could hear the sound connected to it, sort of like hissing. I am saying notion because this object was very far and objectively couldnt be heard on the terrace,so more likely this was some strange subjective impression.
The thing hovered for about few minutes - I even took picture with my phone but the result was very disappointing. Then it started moving slowly at an angleof 45 degrees and after some seconds simply vanished into tin air.
What also stood up was the fact that apart from me (and my friend after being alerted by me) nobody else on the terrace - and there were about 10-15 other people lounging there - noticed anything. I could see first hand how little people pay attention to the things going on above their heads.
All in all it was very interesting experience worth sharing here.
I was reading about UFO's so many times but never for a moment I considered possibility that I will see one. It was a funny coincidence to see it on the eve of my significant birthday. Nit sure if it was entirely pleasant event as there was some eeriness about it.
I am glad I wasn't alone and this experience was shared with a friend who is not just a skeptic but totally closed to the idea of UFO (sort of it doesn't interest me in slightest if they exist or not or what are they) and was in the end left speechless and quite shaken by the experience.
