Dogfight Between UFOs?
On August 5th, I witnessed the end of what may have been an aerial battle between two unknown aerial craft. Were they of extraterrestrial nature? There’s no way to know. All I can do is relay what happened to the best of my ability.
I was sitting in the Great Room of our home in rural Pennsylvania. It was 9:37 PM. I know, because I grabbed my phone and saw the time. I was leaning back on the couch, peering up through one of the second-story windows (our Great Room is large, as the photo below shows). At the exact spot indicated, there was a bright burst of energy. I could see it in the sky, partially obstructed by the leaves of a few trees. Calling it a burst is selling it short. If anything, it looked like a blue and white explosion made up of some kind of raw energy.
I gaped at it and, “Holy shit!” went through my head. A split-second later, there was something else. The burst of energy lasted only a second or so. But during that time, something passed by in front of the energy burst, traveling across my window from right to left. It was moving so fast that there was no way to tell it was. It was a black thing, so fast it was a blur, and then it was gone. A split-second later, the burst of blue and white energy faded.
I considered a few possibilities. The first was a jet fighter taking down another plane, or maybe a drone doing so. That might’ve made sense, except that the explosion was bluish with a bright white core, and I’ve never heard or military ordnance that looks like that. I did some research, and the only thing that fits is something called Cherenkov radiation, which “occurs when charged particles travel through a medium (like water or dense air) faster than the speed of light in that specific medium.” A link describing this is: https://www.twz.com/29468/this-crazy-blue-flash-from-by-a-nuclear-reactor-firing-up-looks-right-out-of-science-fiction
Could the energy burst have been some sort of radiation? Perhaps some sort of advanced technology? I imagine such a thing is possible.
The second that came to mind was ball lightning. I researched that as well, and did some number crunching as best I could. It doesn’t seem to fit. My reasoning for that is as follows:
- Over the years. I’ve seen scores of small (single engine) planes through that same window as they passed overhead. This is due to the presence of a small local airport. I discovered that the distance between their red (left wing) and green (right wing) wingtip navigation lights typically ranges from 33.5 feet (for a Beechcraft Bonanza V35) to 38’4” (for a Cirrus SR22).
- Based on that, and what I saw, and using the window panes as a kind of grid, I estimate that the explosion was at least 100’ in diameter and took place around 1000 feet away (in excess of 300 meters).
- I was able to very roughly confirm this using my thumb and index finger at arm’s length. Knowing how many panes of the window the explosion occupied from where I was sitting, I was able to gauge that, if the explosion had been 200’ across, it would’ve been around 2400’ up (I do not believe it was, but I could be wrong). If it had been 100’ across, it would’ve been around 1,200’ away. That leads me to believe that it was at the lower distance/altitude range and was ~100’ in diameter – possibly larger. (Note: at any altitude, it was definitely not small)
- Ball lightning has been seen at altitudes of 1,000 feet and higher, but only ranges from .4 to 40 inches in diameter. Assuming that Wikipedia’s information is accurate, there is no way this was ball lightning. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_lightning
This is the exact view I had of the exact window, and from my exact position from the couch in the great room. The energy blast/explosion was added by my graphics artist, and is as close as possible to what I saw. If it were any closer, it would photo-realistic.
This is a zoomed-in view of the window. This is what I saw, followed by a split-second indication of something dark zipping by in front of the energy burst at incredible speed. It looked like a shadow passing by from right to left. It was narrower than the burst, and was highlighted by it, but beyond that I couldn’t say. The author in me imagines that it was a craft of some kind that had been chasing another and had destroyed it in a blinding blast, but there’s no proof.
That’s all I can say, readers. Thanks very much for stopping by, and feel free to submit comments. Also, check out the free downloads on the Books page on the site. Stay safe, all!
–Max Hawthorne
