An Anchorage, Alaska, resident says she captured video of a dark, jellyfish-shaped object hovering above the treeline near Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, then watching it disappear abruptly. Sara Jane Osborn recorded the sighting at about 10:13 p.m. on June 15, while the sky was still bright.
According to Osborn, the object floated for roughly three minutes. Its dangling appendages moved independently as the shape hovered and turned. She first assumed it was an insect on her camera lens, but the object turned out to be far larger than she had guessed. A small nearby aircraft looked tiny by comparison.
Her husband, Pete, was with her and also saw the object. Afterward, the couple searched the area and found no kite, no operator and no obvious conventional explanation, they said. The base hosts F-22 Raptor fighters and air defense operations, but the reporting does not establish any connection between the object and military activity.
The sighting recalls a 1989 report in the Swindon Star, which described a “jellyfish UFO” seen near Stroud on the A46 at about 9 p.m. on February 10. That account had no photos or video, and the newspaper ran an artist's rendering instead. The Anchorage footage, by contrast, is a firsthand recording, though what it shows remains unidentified.
Credit. Based on reporting by Milo Pope for Metro. Is this your work? Write to us.
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