What Happened
At 12:18 a.m. local time on May 13, 2005, a former aviation-industry employee who specialized in estimating aircraft speeds saw an unexplained object near Kirkland, Washington. According to his account, the sky was lightly clouded to the west and clear to the east. Moderate light pollution made it difficult to see the stars clearly.
The eyewitness, an amateur photographer, spotted something about 45 degrees above the horizon and an estimated 200–350 feet above the ground, moving at 70–110 knots. He described it as a “perfect black triangle” with seven lights: three at the triangle’s forward corners, one at its tip, and two along its sides. The lights ranged in color from yellow-orange to salmon. They glowed softly and showed no discernible movement, resembling the shimmer of heated air above a hot road.
The triangle moved east-northeast and banked to the right. After several seconds of arcing, it leveled out and disappeared, as if equipped with stealth technology. The eyewitness said the object was completely silent; despite his aviation experience, he heard no engine noise. He sensed “power” or “energy” around it and felt awe, fear, and menace all at once.
Brief Background
Reports of black triangles with colored lights have been part of UFO culture for decades. They are sometimes described as advanced technology, and sometimes as experimental aircraft. The eyewitness’s aviation background lends weight to the account, but there is no further reliable visual documentation, only a verbal description and a photograph prepared after the event.
Why It’s Interesting
- The lights – The salmon-orange color and the limited illumination along the triangle’s edges do not match the lighting patterns of ordinary aircraft.
- Sudden disappearance – The object’s ability to vanish after leveling out suggests stealth or radar-evading capabilities.
- An eyewitness with aviation experience – The eyewitness’s work in aviation suggests that his estimates of speed and viewing angle were informed rather than guesses.
Even so, there is no video, radar data, or other measurements, so the incident remains an unverified eyewitness report.
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The report was submitted to NUFORC, which noted the eyewitness’s seriousness but received no further confirmation from independent sources.
