Appearance / Description of Object(s)

Circular, bright silver

Size of Object(s)

The size of the aircraft, or a bit larger. I say this because I seem to remember seeing the UFO more clearly than the aircraft

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

Height of 10,000 +

Description of Area / Surroundings

Clear, cold autum day, country, few houses

Full Description & Details

The above siting of this unknown object was very suprising to myself and my schoolmate and his mother who also made the siting. It was a Sunday morning and we had steped outside, looked up and watched the multiengined jet flying towards the North. Alot of jets were observed from time to time, we always thought they were from Platsburg AFB..

High flying aircraft, we assumed, were flying at 400-500 mph, and when we observed the round, silver object, we thought it was probably flying at about 4-5 times the speed of the aircraft.

The total time of observation was, probably , no more than 5-7 seconds.

I have never made an official report of this sighting.

The witnesses were, my classmate in school, David Lewis, and his Mother.

The location was at their house, located in the Northern section of the town of Ballston Spa, a section called, I think, Factory Village.

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

It was NOT any natural occuring object, it was definately something that was able to travel at very high speeds and, without slowing , circle the aircraft. We could not believe what we had seen. Being alot older now and having been around aircraft in the military, I grow more and more convinced that it wasn't something that was secret, from any government. It's speed and tremendous "G" forces were something I dont think we, or anyone else had gotten to at that time, OR, even now!

Witness Background

Retired MGySgt, USMC, 30+ years. Final Secret White House clearance at one time due to assignment to HMX-1, during Presidents Ford, Carter timeframe. Vietnam Vet, Combat Action Ribbon, Combat Air Crew. Drug and Alcohol Counselor. Attended Rutgers, University of Oklahoma. Sat next to "Buzz "Aldrin at Summer Alcohol Studies at Rutgers. Presently Mr. Mom, Photographer( Amateur)

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

unknown, probably nothing, I was only 14-15

Other Comments

I submit this in complete honesty and I am available for any quiries.

I have mentioned this sighting to many people over the years, I don't remember ever writing it down, altho I may have included it in a letter somewhere in my past. I have only recently been computer smart enough to do surfing, stated to my wife tonight that I was suprised that I hadn't searched for UFO info before tonight!

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