A Missouri witness driving along US Highway 40 in the Independence and Lee's Summit area at 7 p.m., October 21, 2011, reports a triangle-shaped object "with what looked to be a transparent center with white, non-simultaneous or patterned flashing lights on all sides with at least one or two blue lights on at least one or two corners," according to testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
The witness described the object.
"The UFO had a steady, straight path without spinning, tilting, turning, raising or lowering - and then stopped and steadily hovered over a populated area without spinning, tilting, turning, raising or lowering."
Two other MUFON reports were filed from Missouri for October 21, 2011.
MO - Bright Lights, diamond formation; west on 350 Highway toward Raytown, just past Unity Village.
"I witnessed what initially appeared to be a large airplane flying slowly on a southwest heading," the witness stated. "It was very oddly lit in that it had many single white lights, with the outermost lights blinking, which I why I thought airplane. It was flying very low for an airplane as well, especially as it would have been a large plane. As it got closer to me while driving, I could see that it appeared to be four objects in a tight diamond formation. I pulled over and got out and watched it continue on a slow southwest heading. It would have passed right over the Summit Crossing shopping area." Case 32767.
MO - X-shaped; Highway 50 near Lee's Summit.
"Saw what looked like two X-shaped things with lights on them almost flying connected to each other or overlapping or just really close to each other," the witness stated. "Then it looked like they turned a kind of sharp circle - almost like how a leaf falls in a circle - but didn't fall or anything; but then it almost looked like either the lights turned off or it dissappeared or something. But before I could tell if it was just the angle or what, I had driven out of the line of sight." Case 32766.
Independence if the fourth largest city in Missouri, population 116,830. No photos or videos were included with the MUFON report, which was filed on October 21, 2011. The events occurred on October 21, 2011.
Missouri is a current UFO ALERT 3 rating, with a high number of UFO sightings nationally. Missouri had 27 reports in September 2011 - the 8th highest reporting state - while California had 86 UFO reports - the highest reporting state in the nation.
You can read more details about other recently reported cases at the UFO Examiner home page.
The following is the unedited and as yet uninvestigated report filed with MUFON. Please keep in mind that most UFO reports can be explained as something natural or manmade. If Missouri MUFON State Director Debbie Ziegelmeyer investigates and reports back on this case, I will release an update. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.
MO, October 21, 2011 - Flew in from SW going NE steady pace then steady hover, very odd AC. MUFON Case # 32770.
It was 1900 (7PM) exactly as I was driving home from work along US HWY 40 in a populated area Independence/Lee's Summit Missouri at dusk. I saw flashing lights in the corner of my eye (coming from the Southwest going Northeast) and I looked up through my windshield to see a triangular shaped UFO with what looked to be a transparent center with white, non-simultaneous or patterned flashing lights on all sides with at least one or two blue lights on at least one or two corners.
The UFO had a steady, straight path without spinning, tilting, turning, raising or lowering and then stopped and steadily hovered over a populated area without spinning, tilting, turning, raising or lowering.
I lost sight of the UFO as I continued to drive down US HWY 40 and hills and trees go in my light of sight. At first I thought it was a flight of aircraft, being an ex-air traffic controller, I knew it wasn't since there were no slight adjustments between the lights, it seemed to be a solid structure with no green or red lights and looked as though it was larger than a stealth bomber flying in an area I've never seen aircraft fly around here before. I did not hear any sound, but I also had the radio turned up fairly loud.
My feelings were just shock and surprise and I remembered hearing about MUFON in an interview on 96.5 The Buzz (KRBZ) in Kansas City approximately a month or two before, talking about 7 reports of a similar description in a town connecting to Lee's Summit over a water tower (Raytown, MO) up until I lost sight and I could not observe any more similarities. No interferences besides the observation physically or psychologically of any kind were noticed in this event.
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