Oneonta, New York - 05-11-12

First, I must say that I have never reported anything like this before, though I have seen things in the sky I couldn’t explain.

The only reason I even bothered with this report is that it was seen in open clear blue skies and was so obviously NOT anything I could explain away.

I was driving to work at an independent living center where I am an architectural barrier consultant and code enforcer... the sighting took place on a straight road with a clear view of the morning sky.

While I was noticing how vivid and blue the sky was I saw something of a flash come into my view heading east at about (and I am estimating here) 4 miles out and about 15,000 feet up (much lower than most jets I see in this area).

It slowed from a flash, to a halt in less than a second maybe two seconds... when it stopped I only had time to realize it was really sitting there and that it was reflective to the morning sun before it shot off to the north at a rate of speed that was absolutely insane.

In my 42 years I have never seen anything that could do this type of a maneuver, I pulled off to the side of the road to try to see where it went and collect my head a bit.

I was absolutely dumbfounded and my mind was racing to come up with ANYTHING that could explain what I just saw.

Here is what I am sure of; there is NO WAY that was a bird, swamp gas, man-made flying machine, meteor or a hallucination, nothing in our common understanding of G forces and man’s limitations against them could explain this one.

WOW! I still have goose bumps over it! Do I have proof? No, but I would definitely take a lie detector test!