UAP account near me - theories?

[DaveC426913]

A local experienced a UAP sighting near where I live (Niagara Peninsula, Canada). Is looking for explanations. Thought I'd see what we can do.


This is a long shot... But did anyone see a UFO/ UAP on the Grimsby mountain on Friday, October 24th around 6:15 p.m.? If so, I'm looking for witnesses and/ or photo + video evidence! This took place on the corner of Grassie Rd and Hwy 20. Attached is a photo of the intersection from the angle I was sitting, along with a rough drawing of the object in question.

I was turning right from Grassie onto Hwy 20 when I saw a glowing red cylindrical object in the distance, approx a few hundred ft in the sky. It was so big and bright against the gloomy gray sky that you couldn't miss it, though it was too far to make out any fine details. The entire object was glowing red, but the two ends were glowing even brighter and blinking/ pulsating, almost like that of a flare. The light on the right was noticeably brighter than the light on the left. At first I thought it was a plane taking off because it was sitting at about a 45° angle in the sky. The longer I stared at it, it seemed as though it was staying completely still or moving very slowly. Plus, I don't believe there are any airports in the area (correct me if I'm wrong). None of it adds up.

I continued driving for about 30-60 seconds before turning around in an attempt to get a better look at it. Literally within the minute or so it took me to turn around and drive back, the object was gone! As you can see in the image, it's a wide open sky, there's nowhere it could have disappeared to in such a short period of time.
I'm not jumping to any conclusions. I'm simply stating that I saw something very strange in the sky that I cannot explain, and it's bugging the hell out of me! I really hope someone else saw it, I would LOVE to see some photos or videos if available. I'd be just as happy to find out it was someones flashy drone, or be told that someone's Halloween decor flew away! Its the mystery that's eating at me more than anything...



I am just following up on some clarification of details. (for example, poster says they werre making a right turn, but all indications are that it was a left turn)

This is open country, on a plateau (Niagara Escarpment), looking south-east toward Lake Erie. There's is nothing up here but grain silos.

 

[DaveC426913]

Just doing a little geographical forensics.

There happens to be an airstrip just 2km away, exactly inline with the poster's sighting.

 

[TheVat]

Got the map...so we're south of Grimsby, at this intersection looking south or southeast, i.e. away from the town and its adjacent "mountain," correct? The angle and signage indicates the photo is shot from Grassie Rd, where it makes a T intersection with Hwy 20. Smithville, shown on the green sign, is several miles east of that intersection so it looks like the camera is pointed southeast. Hmm.

 

[TheVat]

The "cylindrical" could be wrong - many things give the illusion of being cylinders when seen at some angles. Including planes.

 

[DaveC426913]

The "cylindrical" could be wrong - many things give the illusion of being cylinders when seen at some angles. Including planes.

Yep.

Cylindical may also be a failure in description. i.e. poster may simply be descibing someting that's much longer than it is wide and has no obvious cross-sectional profile. i.e. a cylinder is the simplest shape that meets that, but doesn't mean the poster is literally defining as a cylinder. They might have been better to say "oblong".


It is possible that the poster saw the fuselage (it would be lined up perfectly with a take off frm that airfield). It is very common for the flat wings of a small, light plane (which are white) to be virtually invisible against a "gloomy grey" sky.

Though the poster did say it was floating very still (or moving very slowly). If the poster was stopped in their car, it would be hard to imagine him mistaking a moving plane for a stationary object, unless it had a strong headwind.

The description of the lighting doesn't make a lot of sense for a plane either. If the "plane taking off" theory is right, the whole cradfyt is lit in red, its nose brighter, and its tail brighter still.

 

[DaveC426913]

Got the map...so we're south of Grimsby, at this intersection looking south or southeast, i.e. away from the town and its adjacent "mountain," correct? The angle and signage indicates the photo is shot from Grassie Rd, where it makes a T intersection with Hwy 20. Smithville, shown on the green sign, is several miles east of that intersection so it looks like the camera is pointed southeast. Hmm.

Yes. I await confirmaiton but I strongly suspect the poster meant "left turn".

we're south of Grimsby, at this intersection looking south or southeast,

Yes.

i.e. away from the town and its adjacent "mountain," correct?

No. This is up on the "mountain". (We call it "The Mountain" but it's not; it's an escarpment).

The escarpment parallels the lake along its entire western shore:
Anything on its south side is "up on the mountain":

I only mention it because this is all open farmland (mostly vineyards) - different from down the mountain, which is a little more built up.

 

[TheVat]

Though the poster did say it was floating very still (or moving very slowly). If the poster was stopped in their car, it would be hard to imagine him mistaking a moving plane for a stationary object, unless it had a strong headwind.

Haha, yes that would be quite a wind. And the driver isn't moving so that rules out any parallax effect illusion. The pulsating lights description doesn't match up with the navigation lights on the wingtips, which are red and green. I suppose there could be the anti-collision lights, red or white flashing beacon lights on the top and bottom of the fuselage - if the plane was directly receding from the viewer maybe it could look fairly motionless for a short time? But it would have to be banking, ergo turning somewhat?, to get the configuration pictured and have a very thick fuselage. So...is billvon around?

 

[DaveC426913]

Haha, yes that would be quite a wind. And the driver isn't moving so that rules out any parallax effect illusion. The pulsating lights description doesn't match up with the navigation lights on the wingtips, which are red and green. I suppose there could be the anti-collision lights, red or white flashing beacon lights on the top and bottom of the fuselage - if the plane was directly receding from the viewer maybe it could look fairly motionless for a short time? But it would have to be banking, ergo turning somewhat?, to get the configuration pictured and have a very thick fuselage. So...is billvon around?

I suspect, were it a plane, it is oncoming and about to fly right over the poster.


It lines up nicely with the airport runway: