The original post: /r/ufos by /u/Camsnapper on 2024-12-27 03:12:24.
Time: 10:00PM
Location: Eastern Washington State
September of this year myself and 5 buddies were out doing some night time marksmanship/NODS training on the east side of Washington state. Most of us are either former Mil, current or former LEO. We all had variations of Helmet mounted night vision devices…PVS14’s or 31A’s. We had setup a firing line and our vehicles were about 50 yards behind us. Two of my friends walked backed to the trucks to top off ammunition, and I walked back to do the same about 5 mins after they had . When I got back to the truck my buddy was staring up In the sky, facing south west and said “are you fucking seeing this?” I said “what are you looking at” and flipped my NODS down in front of my face and looked the same direction.
When I tell you I was awestruck, dumbfounded and confused all at the same time, it’s an understatement. The sky was clear that evening and hardly any clouds. Halfway between the horizon and directly overhead there seemed to be a spot that was devoid of all stars. A random dark spot in the sky. And out of this dark spot, orbs or tictac looking things were just appearing out of it. They were coming out 5-10 at a time and flying in triangular patterns. Some of them would peel off and pull some high G looking maneuvers, then get back into formation. They continued appearing out of this dark spot for roughly 10-15 mins i would estimate. They started appearing 5-10 at a time, then it turned into 3-4 and lastly some stragglers with one and two at a time. We could see what we assumed were commercial aircraft at 20,000-36,000 FT. Est, and I would assume 350-550 MPH. Being it was night and difficult to estimate altitude I would guess these orbs were 20,000 FT above the airliners we could see flying, and they were traveling at what I would assume is double their speeds, which given the altitude difference and perspective meant they were hauling butt. Eventually they stopped coming out of this dark spot in the sky, and the last few traveled over the horizon. I would estimate a total of 75-100 of these things.
We have been trying to figure out what they were since we say them, but given the altitude speed and number of them, we are pretty clueless. Spooks me a bit to talk about to this day.