What Happened
At 11 p.m. on Sunday, February 16, 2003, a driver in the Juanita area of Seattle, Washington, was returning from a shopping trip and heading east on 132nd Street. Just before reaching a hill that ends at a crosswalk signal on 109th Avenue NE, he noticed something strange in the sky.
He described a huge, nearly black triangle, about 75–100 feet (23–30 meters) across and roughly as tall, moving slowly from the west above the treetops north of Juanita Elementary School. The object had a brownish-yellow light at its center, along with other lights moving around it. Over about 30 seconds, it traveled less than 1,000 feet (300 meters), moving smoothly and silently. When it came within a few hundred feet of the driver, it stopped, “hanging” in the air. The central light came on and receded in a vertical, circular motion. After about four seconds, all the lights went out. The triangle then moved past the driver and continued quickly toward the northwest until it disappeared from view.
The eyewitness tried to document the experience by creating a screenshot in Photoshop to show his wife the shape and lights. According to his account, she was unconvinced and began searching online for similar reports. She said she found another report from the area but provided no further details.
The Broader Context
Black triangle sightings are reported from time to time across the United States. They are often described as large objects with changing lights, smooth movement, and complete silence. Although there is no clear visual evidence, such as a photograph or video, this account resembles other reports and raises questions about whether the object was an experimental aircraft, an unexplained atmospheric phenomenon, or a rare natural occurrence.
Why It’s Interesting
Several details make this report difficult to explain: the triangle’s unusual shape, its size, its silence, the movement of its lights, and its ability to stop in midair. Still, there is no video or corroborating testimony, so it remains an unverified sighting, though one worth tracking, particularly given similar reports from other parts of the United States around the same time.
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The report is recorded in the NUFORC database, but no formal report was submitted, so it is considered unverified.
