SIGHTING: ALIBAG, MAHARASHTRA (INDIA)

Witness Testimony

"I HAD GONE TO VISIT PARENTS ON 9TH JANUARY 2016. IT WAS 10TH OF JANUARY 2016, I HAD BEEN BROWSING ON MY INTERNET ON PHONE ON THE BUILDING TERRACE, . TIME WAS 7.38 P.M., I WAS WAITING FOR THE WEBPAGE TO GET LOADED. MEANWHILE, AS HABITUATED, I WAS GAZED AT THE SKY. I WAS ASTOUNDED BY THE VIEW WHICH I GOT TO WATCH. I HAD NOT EVEN EXPECTED THIS IN MY LIFE. AND I DID NOT HAVE ANY EXPLANATION OR ANY BENCHMARK TO RELATE THE OBJECT WITH ANY MAN MADE MATERIAL. THIS OBJECT WAS LINEAR WITH WHITE LIGHTS AT FOUR DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. THE OBJECT WASN'T VISIBLE, BUT IT COULD BE ONLY DEDUCED BY THE BLINKING LIGHTS ON IT. THE SIZE OF IT COULD NOT BE DEDUCED, SINCE I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT THE EXACT DISTANCE FROM THE EARTH SURFACE. BUT THE ANGULAR DIAMETER OF IT'S STRETCH WAS ROUGHLY 5, I.E., ALMOST 320 ARC MINUTES ( SUN'S ANGULAR DIAMETER IS 0.5, OR 32'). THIS OBJECT (OR SET OF LIGHTS) WAS MOVING ALMOST AT THE SPEED OF AN ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE. ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE LOOKS LIKE A STAR WHICH DOESN'T TWINKLE AND TRAVERSES IN THE SKY WITH A PREDETERMINED PATH WITH THE ANGULAR VELOCITY OF 0.52/SEC. I NOTICED IT WHEN IT WAS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE CONSTELLATIONS ARIES, TAURUS AND PERSEUS. THAT WAS AT 7.38 P.M. IT TOOK A GOOD 30 SECONDS TO 1 MINUTE TO DESCEND TOWARDS THE HORIZON. IT PASSED THROUGH THE CONSTELLATIONS AURIGA AND AT LAST, GEMINI. IT WAS ALMOST 12.50 AWAY FROM THE STAR MEISSA (LAMBDA ORIONIS) OF THE CONSTELLATION ORION. THE LIGHTS WERE ALMOST OF THE SIZE OF A STAR, BUT MORE ARRANGED IN A LINEAR SHAPE, SOMETHING LIKE TUBE LIGHTS. WHICH OBVIOUSLY WEREN'T SO NOTICEABLE. THE COLOR OF THE LIGHTS WAS SIMILAR TO A NORMAL AVERAGE STAR. THIS SOMETHING WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN VIDEO CAPTURED FOR GOOD RECORDS. BU MY CAMERA OF THE CELL PHONE YIELDS VERY BAD PICTURE QUALITY. SO, THERE WAS NO GOOD AND SATISFACTORY OUTCOME TAKING SNAPS OR VIDEO TAPING IT. AS I HAD TRIED DOING THAT EARLIER. AND THERE IS NO WAY A PERSON CAN FIGURE OUT ANYTHING OUT IT. ONLY THE VISUAL OBSERVATIONS AND MEMORY ARE CONSIDERED HERE TO INTERPRET WHAT I REALLY SAW. THERE HAS TO BE SOME SCIENTIFIC REASON (WHICH I COULDN'T FIND ONE TILL NOW). BUT PEOPLE, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO THROUGH SOME LIGHT ON IT OR EXPLAIN THIS PHENOMENA IF YOU HAVE ENCOUNTERED ANYTHING LIKE IT BEFORE."