Orange, round, sphere shaped, it moved in a straight path west to n. w.
I LIVE IN THE SOUTH EAST PART OF WICHITA JUST EAST OF MC CONNELL AFB. HERE IT IS LEGAL TO ENJOY FIREWORKS FROM THE 29TH OF JUNE TO THE 5TH OF JULY. MY YORKIE WAS SO FRIGHTEN THAT SHE WAS HIDING, SO I THOUGHT THAT THE BEST THING TO DO WAS TO TAKE HER FOR A RIDE AND SHOW HER WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT. SHE LOVE'S CHRISTMAS LIGHTS. ONCE SHE UNDERSTOOD THAT THE LOUD NOISE WAS RELATED TO THE PRETTY COLORS SHE CALMED DOWN AND WE ACTUALLY HAD A NICE RIDE ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF WICHITA AT ABOUT 9:45 - 10:30 PM ON THE EVENING OF THE FOURTH OF JULY, 2010.
WE TURNED AROUND AT OUR LOCAL SUPER MARKET AND HEADED SOUTH OF HARRY ST ON WEBB ROAD ON THE SOUTH EAST SIDE OF WICHITA. UP IN THE SKY I NOTICED AN BRIGHT ORANGE OBJECT HEADING TOWARDS US FROM A EAST BY SOUTH EAST DIRECTION AT APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET HIGH. I THOUGHT IT LOOKED LIKE A SMALL BALLOON AT FIRST UNTIL IT CAME CLOSER. THEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CIRCLE THERE WAS WHAT APPEARED TO BE A FLAME OR A YELLOWISH PART WITH A DARKER PART BELOW IN THE SHAPE OF A VERTICAL CYLINDER. I THOUGHT AT THAT TIME THAT IT WAS A SMALL HOT AIR BALLOON OF SOME SORT PROBABLY SET UP BY SOME PRANKSTERS IN OUR LOCAL AREA. THIS HAS HAPPENED HERE BEFORE AND IS VERY DANGEROUS TO OUR FARMERS FIELDS. IT KEEP COMING IN A STRAIGHT LINE WITH OUT VARIANCE LEFT OR RIGHT OR ASCENT OR DECENT. THIS DIDN1T MAKE SENSE BECAUSE IF THIS ORANGE GLOWING ORB WAS BEING PUSHED BY THE EVENING WIND CURRENTS THEN THERE CERTAINLY WOULD HAVE BEEN SOME SORT OF NOTICEABLE DRIFT. THERE WASN'T.
ABOUT 20 MINS EARLIER MY DOG AND I WERE WATCHING A NEIGHBOR FAMILY SET OFF THEIR FIRE WORKS IN FRONT OF THEIR HOME IN THE STREET AS IT IS OUR CUSTOM HERE. THEY SET OFF SEVERAL "SHOWER OF SPARK'S". WE WERE PARKED DOWN WIND OF THEM AND HAD TO MOVE THE CAR BECAUSE THE THICK SMOKE WAS BLOWING INTO THE CAR MAKING IT UNCOMFORTABLE. THE SMOKE CAME IN GUST'S AS IT MOVED THROUGH THE AIR AND IN A DIRECT NORTH DIRECTION. THIS IS HOW I KNOW FOR SURE ABOUT THE WIND THAT NIGHT. BESIDES IF YOU LIVE IN KANSAS, KNOWING ABOUT THE WIND IS SECOND NATURE.
AS IT FLOATED OVER HEAD I SAW WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A DARKER CYLINDER IN THE OBJECT WAS MORE LIKE A FLAT BOTTOM. THIS THING WHAT EVER IT WAS HAD DIMENSION. THERE WAS A TOP AND A BOTTOM AND A ROUND BODY THAT WAS GLOWING ORANGE WITH A SLIGHTLY YELLOWISH CENTER. IT HAD A SET COURSE AND A SET ATTITUDE. THE YELLOW IN THE CENTER DID VARY IN INTENSITY. AT TIMES IT WAS MORE YELLOW AND LESS YELLOW BUT NOT ANYTHING LIKE A HOT AIR BALLOON USING ITS TANKS TO MAINTAIN A CONSTANT FLIGHT PLAN.
IT CONTINUED IN A WEST BY NORTH WEST DIRECTION AND IT BECAME HARDER AND HARDER TO SEE DUE TO DISTANCE . THE WHOLE SIGHTING LASTED ABOUT 1 TO 2 MINS. I HAVE LIVED AROUND AIR FORCE BASE'S FOR THIRTY YEARS AND I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANY THING LIKE THIS.
COULD THIS BE A PRANK? POSSIBLY. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMEBODY DUPLICATE EVERY THING THAT THIS U. F. O. ACCOMPLISHED IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. TO DUPLICATE THIS FLIGHT I WOULD ESTIMATE WOULD COST THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AND THEN THOUSANDS MORE TO IMPLEMENT. COULD SOME BODY GET LUCKY AND SET A LUMINOUS, LIGHTER THAN AIR PLATFORM INTO THE SKY AND ACCOMPLISH WHAT THIS U. F. O. DID? SILENT FLIGHT, A PERFECT FLIGHT PATH, CONSTANT ALTITUDE, NO PITCH OR YAW FLYING AGAINST A WIND CURRENT, AN UNKNOWN PROPULSION SYSTEM, AN UNKNOWN ENERGY SOURCE. YEA, I GUESS THEY COULD BUT I WOULD LIKE TO RESERVE A CRAP TABLE IN VEGAS WITH THESE GUYS FOR JUST A FEW SHORT HOURS.
ONE OTHER THING, I GUESS A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE SAW THESE THINGS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY ON JULY 4TH, 2010.
TRUTHFULLY,
*(Wit's initials deleted--SGonzalez/CMS) IN WICHITA