Appearance / Description of Object(s)

sort of a stubby cylinder, maybe the length of an SUV. possibly a bit longer. it was floating about 20 feet above the ground, no more than 30. the surface looked rough and sort of pocked, with two bands going around each end, like the band on a cigar. it wasn't very shiny, but it wasn't matte, either. i didn't see any windows or engines or anything external.

Size of Object(s)

maybe an inch, relative? i'd say roughly the size of an SUV.

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

roughly twenty feet above the ground, possibly fifteen to twenty feet away from me.

Description of Area / Surroundings

mostly a rural area, fairly flat land, short trees. if the object had been in the air and visible while i was headed toward it there's no way i wouldn't have seen it as i approached the turn. this sighting is located near a very, very small local airport that caters mostly to small commuter aircraft and some antique warplanes. there is also a quasi-military base nearby (gary job corps for troubled youth) and a jointly operated gary/police compoundish type area.

Full Description & Details

having come from picking up the children at school, i was on my way home. it was the middle of the afternoon, and was a bright and sunny day with very little cloud cover.

i'd been heading north on hwy 21. i turned right onto a county road and drove maybe 100 feet down the road. i glanced in my rearview mirror, and the road behind me was clear. then, i glanced in the side mirror and saw a brown cylinder floating just above the tree line, maybe twenty feet above the surface of the road.

i slowed the car while i was looking at it, wondering WHY a propane tank was floating in the air. it was a rusty brown color, with two seam like structures slightly in from each end, like it had been welded together. the surface looked rough, like steel that's been sitting out in the elements for decades. no windows, no fins, no lights.

it just sort of floated there, and sort of pivoted a little bit. it didn't move forward or backward, and it didn't make any noise.

i came to a complete stop. the kids asked me why, and i broke eye contact with the side mirror and looked back to the rearview. the object was gone, as well as from the side mirror. i got out of the car to see which direction it had gone, but it wasn't visible anywhere.

as far as i know, i was the only one who saw it.

Can sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or natural object?

i have no idea. i'm hoping that there's some very reasonable explanation for it, as it really made no sense. logically, my mind says that what i saw would have been too heavy to fly, and couldn't have steered itself even if it could float. it was NOT an airplane or a kite or any kind, of that i'm sure.

Witness Background

college degree, professional.

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