Unusual 'airplane' ejects star-like objects

A pilot visiting Tucson, Arizona, is having a hard time identifying what first appeared to be an airplane that ejected two "star-like objects" that then moved away in a controlled and intelligent manner above Tanque Verdie Road on January 4, 2011, according to testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

The pilot first noticed the "airplane" coming toward a relative's home at about 3,000 feet.

"Suddenly, a relatively bright 'star like object' appeared to drop from it slowly," the witness stated. "It was under control by someone or something as it stopped a few seconds, then headed west several seconds."

The object then reversed direction and moved back east toward the witness while maintaining altitude. 

"It was changing colors from red to white but in a twinkling 'star like fashion'. There was no place to pull over in the first few seconds, but we kept the object in sight."

Then a second object was seen.

"Then a second "star-like" object came out, only this one was smaller. I got out and the "plane or whatever" passed over head. It was dark, but I could see what looked like a long cylinder with very slim 'wings' at the very back, there was no audible sound."

The witness described the original object first thought to be an airplane.

"It had two white lights on the front, and two red lights at the rear close together in the center. There are lots of aircraft with a rear set wing, but these wings were comming from the very back where the horizontal stabilizers are normally located, and appeared to be more like sticks than wings as they were very narrow."

The object did not have some of the standards that aircraft should have.

"It did not have the normal marking lights of an airplane. No red light on the port wingtip, no green light on the starboard side, and no white light at the rear, just the two red lights close together."

While staring at the original object, the witness lost sight of the two objects that were ejected.

No photos or video were submitted with the MUFON report, which was filed on January 5, 2011.

Arizona is a current UFO ALERT 5 rating, with a lower number of UFO sightings nationally, but is on our Watch List. Arizona had 12 UFO sighting reports in December 2010.

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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 Arizona MUFON State Director Jim Mann investigates and reports back on this case, I will release an update. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.

AZ, January 4, 2011 - some sort of aircraft dropped two star like objects. MUFON Case # 27254.

I am visiting my sister here in Tucson and last evening comming home out on Tanque Verdie road west, "hopefully spelled right", we noticed what honestly looked like an airplane to me. It was comming straight at us at about 3000 ft, "I am a pilot". 

Suddenly, a relitivly bright "star like object" appeared to drop from it slowly. It was under control by someone or something as it stopped a few seconds, then headed west several seconds. 

It then quickly headed back east toward us in the truck, maintaining altitude. It was changing colors from red to white but in a twinkling "star like fashion" There was no place to pull over in the first few seconds, but we kept the object in sight. Then a second "starlike" object came out only this one was smaller. I got out and the "plane or what ever" passed over head. It was dark but I could see what looked like a long cylinder with very slim "wings" at the very back, there was no audible sound. 

It had two white lights on the front, and two red lights at the rear close together in the center. There are lots of aircraft with a rear set wing, but these wings were comming from the very back where the horizontal stabilizers are normally located, and appeared to be more like sticks than wings as they were very narrow. 

It did not have the normal marking lights of an airplane. No red light on the port wingtip, no green light on the starboard side, and no white light at the rear, just the two red lights close together. Having never seen anything like this before I was caught up in the moment and lost sight of the smaller object as it was like a far away star you almost had to look away from slightly to see. 

I had binoculars in the truck but by the time I got them out I could not find the first starlike object any longer and the people in the back seat were making jokes about my sister and I as we were the only ones who could see it from the from the front seat of the four door pick up. 

We were just a minute or two from home, and I again tried to re locate any part of what we saw, but could not. I just cant understand what or why an aircraft would release something like that.