Ok, here goes. Im probly gonna take some flak for this and most likely be considered a nut, but Im putting this up the flagpole to see if anyone salutes. From my short stay here at combatace ive seen there are a lot of actual pilots in the military and commercial sectors, and would like to hear any experiences theyve had.
First off, Im not, repeat NOT a ufo nut, but have seen a couple things that I just cannot explain. Ive seen satellites pass over and Ive watched the space shuttle pass over , so I know what those look like, and being a fan of aviation, I can pretty much say I can tell when its a helicopter or a piper cub, etc.
My last "sighting" was about 6 years ago in Santa Rosa as myself and two friends were standing in his driveway at about dusk. A two-seater, wing over fuselage plane was just climbing out of Sonoma county airport and my friend had this new flashlight and was waving it around and jokingly said,"look, a ufo!" At that exact moment, a VERY bright light came from behind the small plane, and sort of followed it, bobbing around, then quickly moved off until we couldnt see it any longer.
We all looked at each other in amazement all asking each other, "Did you just see that?" Most people say it was a baloon, but baloons dont just zoom off like that, at least no baloons Ive seen do.
Have any of you pilots seen things you cant explain? If you have and do not wish to say so, I understand why.