Strange UFO Witnessed Over Washington And British Columbia
APRIL 28, 2008
Based on initial suspicions concerning the fireball that passed over Washington State and British Columbia at approximately 2207 hrs. (PDT) on Friday night, 28AP00, Peter Davenport decided to perform at least a cursory examination of the available data. His hope was to be able to establish whether the event was consistent with a typical meteoritic event, at least in gross terms, or whether it might have exhibited characteristics, which are inconsistent with such an event.
Initial suspicion was aroused by the following aspects of the event:
1) Several of the witnesses in the Seattle area reported that the object, and the manner in which it moved across the sky, seemed unusual to them, “not like a meteor”;
2) One of the witnesses in Aldergrove, B.C., reported that the object appeared to be “below” the cloud layer, which would be inconsistent with most meteoritic events;
3) It was reported that the Sandia sky camera (in Woodinville, WA) had not recorded the event, even though the camera was operating normally at the time of the event, and even though the skies at the time were “partially cloudy with large clear spots.” Given how dramatic the event apparently was, it seemed illogical that the camera would not have recorded the event, had it been a typical meteor or bolide, i.e. at an assumed altitude measured in tens of miles. ((In a subsequent communication, the operator of the camera indicates that the clouds to the west of the camera’s location were almost solid. He reports, too, that a second inspection of his tape for the time period of the event, again, revealed nothing.))
4) None of the witnesses reported a sonic boom or any audible sound.
Because the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) had been contacted by several witnesses to the event who reside in the Seattle area, Davenport felt that at least a preliminary collection of on-site, eyewitness data could be collected, and analyzed, with a minimum of effort. Hence, on Wednesday, May 03, he contacted Mr. Robert B. Frost, a retired (40 yrs.) senior engineer (E.E.) from Boeing Military to request his assistance in an investigation. Mr. Frost consented to participate in the investigation, and he and Davenport met on Thursday, May 04, with two witnesses, from whom they collected sighting data.
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