SIGHTING: MANZANILLO, GRANMA (CUBA)

Witness Testimony

"At approximately nine p.m. Pacific time in the state of Colima, at playa Pascuales (beach/surf resort) I was standing out at the edge of the cabana enjoying a cool evening thunderstorm. The storm's edge was exactly at the interface of ocean and land as I could see the stars out over the ocean and over land was pure dark and raining. All of a sudden a meteor-like object descended from approximately eighty degrees (if strait up is ninety) down to sea level some many miles offshore. It seemed to blink twice on the way down and did not display a light emission typical of a meteor, rather it maintained an unchanging brightness of approximately -1 magnitude in astronomical terms. The relative speed was that of a meteor however. What grabbed my attention was when it abruptly stopped just above sea level and took a hard right to the north. Then it disappeared into an offshore thunderstorm. All of my surf buddies were totally wasted and so did not turn their heads fast enough to see it. The event lasted about two and a half seconds. On my way home driving through Baja California I related the sighting to a local at another prominent surf spot. He was not impressed as his closest encounter was within one hundred feet. Apparently he witnessed a saucer rise up from out of the ravine next to his casita (little house) and shoot off out over the Pacific. "