Local resident Ricky Sorrells said he spotted a flat, metallic object hovering approximately 300 feet above a pasture near his home. Sorrells said he used the telescopic sight on his rifle to view the object.

MILITARY CRAFT OR SOMETHING ELSE?

Constable Gaitan is quoted as saying, "I don't know what it was, but it wasn't an airplane, and I've never seen anything like it. I think it must be some kind of military craft – at least I hope it was."

His viewpoint is similar to many explanations about unknown objects or craft spotted in the skies. Many of these objects could be top-secret U.S. military craft.

Then again, some sightings do not seem to fall into this category.

One recent such event took place at Chicago´s O´Hare International Airport on Nov. 7, 2006. A gray, metallic, disc-shaped craft was seen hovering over O'Hare by many airport and airline employees.

Witnesses estimated the object to be 6 feet to 24 feet in diameter. They claimed that it had no visible lights, was silent and remained in a stationary position as it hovered just below the cloud deck which was estimated to be 1,900 feet that day.

In the 1997 Phoenix Lights incident, the huge V-shaped object was reported by some witnesses to be more than one mile across in size, with large lights on its underside. It slowly, gently and silently cruised into Arizona from the Henderson, Nevada, area in a generally south-southeast direction, according to witnesses and researchers.

Coming down through rural northwestern Arizona, it was allegedly spotted by hundreds of Arizonans in smaller towns before reaching the Phoenix area.

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