Our Recent Encounter with a "UFO"...

NOT a UFO in the traditional sense (you know, flying saucers, aliens...), but still an "unidentified" object in the sky. Recently, between 6 AM and 6:30 AM, we saw what appeared to be a very unusual phenomena in the pre-dawn sky. This happened on the so-called "Black Friday" (November 23, 2007 - the day after Thanksgiving...). We'll name it a "skystring".

We were walking to work (again) in the pre-dawn hours, when we spotted something hovering in the southwest sky, about 30° above the horizon or so. It appeared to be of an electric blue color, and of a short string-like shape. It appeared to be of one shape one moment, and another the next...flexing and curling. Altitude could not be determined. Its shape kept changing, becoming angular and even forming a circular pattern combined with the angle.

When we arrived at the store, the thing was still visible. It was a very strange sight. We waited for another witness, and one of my regular customers did show up. The store was not yet open, and she was in a hurry to do her shopping. We asked her if she also saw the thing. She said yes, she did. We asked her what the hell it was? She said it was a UFO, she then drove off, more interested in her shopping than a UFO (!).

By the time the manager arrived to let us in the store, it was too late to get a camcorder and camera to record the thing. It was no longer visible in the dawn sky.Later that day we told our store manager of this sighting and asked if we could borrow a one-time-use camcorder and digital camera that had been previously written off. She consented.

That night, on our way home from our other job, we video recorded the sight in the night sky. This time, it had moved to the southeast corner of the sky, and was performing as before. We did have time to capture a 30 second record of it. The digital camera proved useless. We have yet to download the recording to a DVD as we are waiting for more opportunities to view and record. However, cloud cover and snow and rain have obscured the object or thing. We look forward to posting this video in the future.