This photo of a silver disc over Hungary comes close to what we saw
from the ground at Shakamak, although the silhouette showed
no detail or perspective. Photo by Entity of Life under CC 2.0.

Over the years I've probably seen only a couple of dozen things that really qualified as Unidentified Flying Objects, and most of them were in a known testing range for the Air Force. So there's a good possibility that many of these unusual objects were ours -- either piloted aircraft or experimental drones. I don't know that what I saw a few days ago at Shakamak Park here in Indiana was anything from another planet but it certainly looked like unusual technology.

While walking through the park with a friend we were watching several planes in the area which seemed to be flying a grid pattern. That's probably coincidental but it is the kind of thing which brings up thoughts of weather control and that huge mess of worms. On this particular day the grid of exhaust didn't last very long but for about an hour filled the sky with that unusual checkerboard contrail pattern. All the planes in the area looked like planes, moved like planes, and showed clear silhouettes of plane shapes.

Then we saw something unusual off in the distance. This flying object appeared to be at about the same altitude as the jets, but didn't leave a contrail. It was moving faster than the planes had and following a slightly curved path. The color was bright silver and didn't change as the angle between the object and the sun changed. The shape was oblong and symmetrical and showed no visible wings or features. We heard no engine noise but of the several aircraft we saw only one was actually close enough for audible engine sound to reach us.

With no other information than this it's hard to be sure this wasn't an aircraft seen at an odd angle, but since the sihouette was so clear and the shape was so constant it does seem unusual to me. It certainly could be explained away as an ordinary aircraft, and probably would be if I reported it to MUFON and anyone cared enough to ask questions. But it's the sort of thing that leaves a person unconvinced. Enough about it was strange that it immediately drew our attention and our active criticism. Neither of us was convinced this was just a plane.

Possibly it could have been a flying disc seen on edge, but we didn't have the right angle to see more than an oblong with rounded ends. Possibly it was oblong in all dimensions. Whatever it was, it was the first aircraft I've seen up here that I've thought was odd enough to report.