2005: Rural Alabama Ex-coal mine Sighting

Date: June 2, 2005

Sighting Time: 05:20 PM

Day/Night: Daytime

Location: Mount Olive Alabama

Urban or Rural: -Rural area that was at one time striped mined for coal.

Hynek Classification: DD (Daylight Disc) Metallic or whitish object was seen in the day

Duration: 1/2 hour 

No. of Object(s): 1

Height & Speed: 5 miles away at first until my approach in a straight line, about 500′ a.g.l. (above ground level.)

Size of Object(s): 1000 feet long at least.

Distance to Object(s): 5 miles away at first until my approach in a straight line, about 500′ a.g.l. (above ground level.)

Shape of Object(s): this object was about 1000 feet in size or maybe more. Dark silver in color with a dark band hovering about 500′ (agl)above ground level. After observing this (ufo) for about 1/2 hour and not moving I was running low on fuel so I was heading for the (LZ) landing zone and looked back to the area where the ufo was and it was gone. The air was calm as ever at sunset and all of a sudden my wing almost folded up from a sudden disruption in the air all around me. It truly made me almost shit in my pants from sudden fear of a wing folding up. This was scary for real. As I circled the LZ with my truck insight below I looked back to the area before setting up to land and there it was again in the same place.

Color of Object(s): Dark silver in color with a dark band

Number of Witnesses: 1 as far as I know because I was airborne.

Source: JR -User Submitted

Summary/Description: was flying a powered para-glider and saw what appeared to be an aircraft just not moving about 500 feet above the trees. so to make myself known I made some sharp turns so I could be seen for safety reasons. after no change in the things position a few minutes went by and I started to approach the strange-looking aircraft to get a better and closer look. It was about 5 miles away and the visibility was unlimited. as I got closer to the object I noticed that it was a large cigar-shaped craft with a fog around its hole thing. a dark band ran from the front to the back that was easy to now see. I now realized that I was seeing a flying saucer just not moving at all. the sun was going down almost to the trees and the object was in the blind spot of the Birmingham airport control tower after looking at my sectional map later that night at home. no way they could see the craft with the naked eye because the object would be between the tower and the bright sun. And the craft (ufo)could not see me because of the sun was to my back. the craft was between the tower and me. with the sun to my back, I was also in the blind spot of the craft (ufo)