Bizarre UFO Photographed From Small Plane Over Oregon

[The One]

Occurred : 9/16/2011 11:16 (Entered as : 09/16/11 11:16)
Reported: 1/23/2012 8:25:48 PM 20:25
Posted: 1/24/2012
Location: Sisters (in-flight), OR
Shape: Triangle
Duration:.5 sec
Orange Dart-like craft passes our aircraft at close proximity in flight

I am an airline transport pilot with over 14,000 flight hours in unique aircraft such as the HU16b I am flying in these pictures I have been flying for 40 yrs I am also a certified A&P mechanic and an IA or inspector with over 25 yrs maintenance exp on planes like these. The Albatross we have is used as a test bed for Satellite broadband internet, we are one of the few companies in the world that has airborne satellite systems for high-speed internet. The plane is full of sophisticated equipment for this purpose as it is the original test bed for this.

I have better than 20/20 vision and I usually can spot any single helium balloon of 15" diameter from a great distance and I am trained to do so. I see them all the time. That being said, the object was literally a blur and I didn’t see it as it was moving in the same direction as the plane. The order of the pictures attached here is the series of the 3 that I took with my iphone as I was just trying to get a shot of "Sisters" and Mount Jefferson in the Bend area.

As for the pictures, they cannot be a balloon cluster as this thing passed us!! Look at the lake on the first picture as the object comes from right to left, go to the next shot, it's in frame, look at our relative movement passing the lake then the last shot as the thing is hidden by the wing and our location relative to the lake again. We were cruising at 11,500 ft at approx 200 mph. the balloons would have to be fast!! That thing was a streak, it went by as nothing but a blur. Only the luck of the camera could tell me that it was some sort of object of quite some size, as our wing is nearly 50 long and that float out there (40 ft away) is 10 ft long. I estimate that it is about the same size as our plane or longer, that would make it approximately 70-80 ft long. I would also estimate it to be within 1000 ft of us laterally. The object made no noise that I could discern, nor did it leave any sort of contrails or exhaust paths. It appears to be banking around us for a split second then gone.

Our plane is traveling south-east at approximately 200 mph at 11,500 ft We were in the vacinity of Bend or Sisters Oregon.

[778 neighbour of some guy]

Posted by The One (here)


Occurred : 9/16/2011 11:16 (Entered as : 09/16/11 11:16)
Reported: 1/23/2012 8:25:48 PM 20:25
Posted: 1/24/2012
Location: Sisters (in-flight), OR
Shape: Triangle
Duration:.5 sec
Orange Dart-like craft passes our aircraft at close proximity in flight

I am an airline transport pilot with over 14,000 flight hours in unique aircraft such as the HU16b I am flying in these pictures I have been flying for 40 yrs I am also a certified A&P mechanic and an IA or inspector with over 25 yrs maintenance exp on planes like these. The Albatross we have is used as a test bed for Satellite broadband internet, we are one of the few companies in the world that has airborne satellite systems for high-speed internet. The plane is full of sophisticated equipment for this purpose as it is the original test bed for this.

I have better than 20/20 vision and I usually can spot any single helium balloon of 15" diameter from a great distance and I am trained to do so. I see them all the time. That being said, the object was literally a blur and I didn’t see it as it was moving in the same direction as the plane. The order of the pictures attached here is the series of the 3 that I took with my iphone as I was just trying to get a shot of "Sisters" and Mount Jefferson in the Bend area.

As for the pictures, they cannot be a balloon cluster as this thing passed us!! Look at the lake on the first picture as the object comes from right to left, go to the next shot, it's in frame, look at our relative movement passing the lake then the last shot as the thing is hidden by the wing and our location relative to the lake again. We were cruising at 11,500 ft at approx 200 mph. the balloons would have to be fast!! That thing was a streak, it went by as nothing but a blur. Only the luck of the camera could tell me that it was some sort of object of quite some size, as our wing is nearly 50 long and that float out there (40 ft away) is 10 ft long. I estimate that it is about the same size as our plane or longer, that would make it approximately 70-80 ft long. I would also estimate it to be within 1000 ft of us laterally. The object made no noise that I could discern, nor did it leave any sort of contrails or exhaust paths. It appears to be banking around us for a split second then gone.

Our plane is traveling south-east at approximately 200 mph at 11,500 ft We were in the vacinity of Bend or Sisters Oregon.

Looks like the vector symbol used by nasa and other world space agencies and the militairy.

No clue what this actually is though.

[billyji]

Good shot,

The first thing that came to mind was that the pilot has come foreward with no fear of redicule. good on him. more of that please

[joedjemal]

Interesting one.

[mannygtr]

wow very weird shape actually.... good pic though

[therealslimady]

thats pretty awesome the one, am i right in thinking you didnt intend to photograph the object but were trying to take a pic of the mountains?

[Leon]

i love to see UFO pic's however this one... very interesting shape but looking at the whole pic i note this:
I don't like upsetting people, but note the line to the right of the object! it seems also by the picselated look of the object that its a reflextion from the window on the other side of the plane... there are a few sligtly visable objects as well..

but please whenever you see something strange report it and post pic's

[billyji]

Posted by Leon (here)
i love to see UFO pic's however this one... very interesting shape but looking at the whole pic i note this:
I don't like upsetting people, but note the line to the right of the object! it seems also by the picselated look of the object that its a reflextion from the window on the other side of the plane... there are a few sligtly visable objects as well..

but please whenever you see something strange report it and post pic's

Not just on the right, but left and below, the UFO is within a rectangular boxed area that has a noticible outline.

[Jcannon83]

I have to agree with the slightly manipulated photo, There is a rectangle shape around the object to the rear of the wing, the rectangle is more defined in its colouration.

However, underneath the alieron, the same type of shading is also in effect here, but with a more curved edge, Could this be the end of a persons head with his headset on looking out of the window whilst he takes the photo?

The rectangle could be just a reflection in the right place.

[BMJ]

The Tracey's taking Thunderbird 3 for a spin?

[1967sander]

Strange UFO which is casting shadows underneath and behind. Sorry but this either is CGI or a reflection from an object in the window / inside the aircraft. The pixels are not consistent between object and background.

Greetz,

Sander