Slow moving solid black triangle, three lights on bottom, Florida

Occurred: 2024-07-09 21:45 Local
Reported: 2024-07-10 10:22 Pacific
Duration: 15 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Sarasota, FL, USA
Location details: Sarasota County near Proctor Road and Honore Ave intersection

Shape: Triangle
Color: Black
Estimated Size: 20ft
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: Above
Angle of Elevation: 90
Closest Distance: 50ft
Estimated Speed: 15mph
Characteristics: Lights on object, Made a sound, Aircraft nearby

Slow moving, hovering low, just above the telephone poles and tree line. Solid black triangle with 3 lights on the bottom.



I felt my house rumble and went outside with my son and saw a large, solid black, triangle slowly moving East above our house last night. It was about the size of 3 small cars, and it appeared to be a flat triangle. It was moving very low, about 20ft about the telephone poles and tree line; we were able to see it clearly. I couldn't hear any frogs or crickets, which was abnormal. There was a slight whooshing sound when it was directly above us, but no sound as it went by. There were lights illuminated on each corner of the triangle. My son and I stood on the front porch and watched the triangle travel East, then come back West, back and forth a few times. Then we saw a small private plane come by, also flying very low, and then the triangle flew away to the North quickly; the small plane appeared to be trying to get a better look at it and scared it off. I took a picture with my iPhone, but the picture came out very blurry, which is strange, because the images before and after trying to capture the triangle were clear on my iPhone; possible interference.

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