SIGHTING: HAYWARD, CALIFORNIA (UNITED STATES)

Witness Testimony

"Part 1: my wife (kim) and i were sitting on our rear deck, the object appeared over the trees from nne (approximately 330 degrees relative to our position) object appeared about the size of an aspirin held at arms length. object was very bright, much brighter that background stars. object did not display any "normal" aircraft marker lights of any kind - which is what really caught our attention. also, there was no sound whatsoever. the objects speed seemed slow (guess at 100 mph) slower than light aircraft in and out of hayward airport. both kim and i got our binoculars (good 7x50 and 10x50) and continued to observe. the object appeared to be on a course of 100 degrees, shortly after the object passed overhead, the object appeared to make a mild turn to a new heading of approximately 80 degrees. the object continued on this heading for another 1-2 minutes. then the object appeared to "turn off its light" - the bright "searchlight" was extinguished, consequently, a smaller reddish "dot" was visible. at this time, we guessed the object's distance at 3 to 5 miles. the object continued until out of sight. part 2: at 8:05 an object appeared to the west of us, travelling south to north, at a distance of approximately 5 to 10 miles. estimated speed - approximately 250 to 350 mph. this object appeared to have the same characteristics as the previous object (without the "searchlight"), we wondered if they were the same. question: is there any agency doing a "scanning" program? for mapping, for a geological study? for earthquake study? the reason that i ask, we have viewed objects in the past, displaying similar "surveying" characteristics. just a thought."