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147. I saw a UFO at work 3 months ago.

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 04:41 PM

Feb 2013

Whether or not it was the alien type I dunno. Me and my buddy were out having a smoke break. Facing east is Tampa International Airport. He told me to look above an aircraft that was traveling south-southwest at approximately 20k feet. I told him I didn't see a thing. He kept saying its right there above where that plane was. He then handed me his polarized glasses and I saw it. It was circular and I thought maybe a weather ballon or something, then it took off vertically out of site.

He said he had been looking at it for 3 minutes or so before he said something to me.it was stationary the entire time we were looking at it. It was very high, I thought maybe the space station, or a weather ballon. But that didn't explain it hauling ass vertically out of sight.

I have been flying for 18 years and never witnessed a "UFO" before. This was very weird and neither one of us could explain it. Im not going to say I saw a ET UFO, but I definitely saw something that I've never seen before.

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I saw a UFO at work 3 months ago. Separation Feb 2013 #147

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