2002: Sighting in Angol, Chile

THINK ABOUTIT SIGHTING REPORT

Date: November 20, 2002

Sighting Time: 0300 hours

Day/Night: early morning

Location: Angol, Chile

Urban or Rural: -Urban

Hynek Classification: NL (Nocturnal Light) Point or extended luminous source observed at night.

Duration: 1:30 hours

No. of Object(s):  1

Size of Object(s):

Distance to Object(s): 1,500 meters in elevation and moved in a West-East direction

Shape of Object(s): triangle

Color of Object(s): orange

Number of Witnesses: 5

Source: Guillermo Aguilera (C.I.O.)

Summary/Description: In the early morning hours of September 18, 2002, at 0300 hours, the witness was in the dining room of the Alberto Larraguibel Morales Sports Facility along with his friends, Cristián Aguilar Flores, 30, married, a high school graduate and a traveling salesman by profession, and Miguel Albarán Poblete, 22, single, a high school student. Two unnamed security guards were also present. The witnesses saw a luminous orange object in the sky from whose edges there emanated a ruby hue. The witnesses calculate that the object was flying over 1,500 meters in elevation and moved in a West-East direction, but remaining suspended over the witnesses until 04:30 hours when it changed course toward the south. Then abruptly, it changed course once more toward the northwest, forming a triangle in the sky as it followed its route. The object then gradually disintegrated until it vanished from sight.