Close encounter

In 2011 I saw a non-human ship. I was deployed to Afghanistan, Helman province. I served as a Marine air traffic control radio tech. We were called to this “forward operating base” aka FOB to setup and control the airspace.

I have plenty of stories about my time there, but sticking to the point. I could recognize common helicopters we saw by sound. (you hear far in a desert) There was a drone team there teaching the army how to fly drones. Even during the daytime with all the noise from the base, at a few hundred feet up you could still hear the “hum” of the drone.

Ramrod was a blackout fob. Our airstrip (I made myself) used infrared lights so the pilots could see it with their equipment. I worked 12 hours every day. At the end of my shift I walked back to my “can” for sleep. Full flak, Kevlar, 180 rounds and my rifle. I started getting a weird feeling. Something told me to look up. Moving at the same speed as my walk, something was above me. Something big. (Now I played a lot of Halo back in my day and I always had an eye for stealth. Ppl using active camouflage, I would still pop them at good distance)

Seconds after I stopped and saw it, it stopped moving forward. A bit bigger than a house. Triangular. Two rows of circular barely visible “lights” on its belly(light outside our visible spectrum is my best guess). Some kind of stealth or blackness blending into the stars above me. But I could see it. I stared at it for 5 minutes roughly and it was like my mind was telling me it didn’t exist.
Am I seeing this or am I confused? What is it?

It suddenly darted away, breaking the sound barrier with no boom. Quieter than the tiny drone we flew on base. It moved with more g force than any living thing could handle, then shot up into space, or the stratosphere. Wayyy up and gone. The only sound was the wind. I could Feel the wind. It want blowing before this ship darted away.

I didn’t report it in the military because I had heard of people being kicked out for speaking about what they saw. I told almost nobody for years. Weeks went by and every time I thought of it, it was like I couldn’t. Perhaps my mind was trying to protect myself (human psychology) but it was like I was being jammed… months later I was able to remember vividly. I think of this moment almost every day. I was until this point, a Christian and a skeptic. After this my views changed significantly. Ask any questions and I will try to answer.

P.s. look up at the starry sky with night vision goggles. It’s really damn cool.

Submitted October 09, 2022 at 11:28PM by SaltyDanimal https://ift.tt/oUra9iC