On May 20th, 2007, a person going by the name of Rajinder Satyanarayana posted six photographs (through Craigslist.com with a link to the photos on Flikr.com) of a strange airborne object, allegedly taken on May 16, 2007, in Capitola, California. His initial account of the sighting was:
“This week I was visiting my fiance’s parents in Capitola (we were actually there to tell them about our engagement, in fact). We were eating dinner on the back porch when we noticed this “object” sort of hovering in the sky. The camera was still out from earlier so I grabbed it and tried to get some clear shots of it.
It took off over the roof shortly after, so I ran into the street in front of the house to follow, trying to get more shots without wobbling around too much (which was harder than it sounds). It then came in lower over a telephone pole, where I was able to get a few more pictures, before it finally took off into the distance pretty fast.
I thought it was gone but noticed it was still visible, so I grabbed a few more pictures. At one point a car stopped to look as well. No one had any idea what this thing was but everyone in the car was visibly freaked out by it. Once it was gone they told me to call the news and drove off. I’m not sure who else saw it in the neighborhood since I don’t live down there, but I’m sure at least a few others must have noticed it.
It was way too weird and way too close to go unnoticed. Once it was gone and I caught my breath I could barely stop my hands from shaking for the next hour or so. Needless to say, this is all we talked about for the rest of the night.
None of us can figure out what it was (and that’s saying something, because my fiance’s dad is a mechanical engineer). We sent a copy of the photos to their newspaper but haven’t heard back yet. I dunno how long that kind of thing takes. There’s also some writing on this thing, which I didn’t recognize (and I read both English and Hindi). You can see it in a few of the pictures.
“Anyway, I created this Flickr account for the best of these pictures. I have no clue what this thing is so I’m putting it out there to see if anyone else saw it.“