November 14, 1997: Fiery Lights Over Northwest (Partial) - Whitley Strieber
NORAD and the Air Force claim the objects are debris from a Russian SL-12 rocket booster that crashed into the Pacific Ocean. However, dozens of eyewitnesses contradict this explanation, reporting the objects continued eastward well beyond Seattle into central and eastern Washington. A caller from near the Kingdome describes up to seven distinct objects in a straight horizontal line, moving at the speed of a landing airliner with no sound whatsoever.
Between the live reports, Strieber shares a startling personal update regarding an alleged implant in his ear. He reveals that during a surgical attempt to remove the object, it migrated away from the surgeon''s scalpel, prompting the doctor to remark that it appeared to be alive. The object later returned to its original position after the wound healed.
Key Moments
9:06:26 PM time hack from KOMO photo: Art reads the time stamp directly off the KOMO Television photograph - 9:06 and 26 seconds Pacific - and notes NORAD and the Air Force are claiming the SL-12 booster crashed in the Pacific despite eyewitnesses tracking it east overland.
Seattle eyewitness: seven slow fireballs, low and pulsing: A Seattle caller describes up to seven balls of fire moving due east in a perfectly horizontal line at airliner-on-approach speed, the largest pulsing brighter and dimmer - passing his position and continuing east, contradicting the Pacific-impact story.
Strieber implant moves under the surgeon's scalpel: Strieber describes the attempted removal of his ear implant: the surgeon palpated and targeted it, opened the pinna, and the object migrated out from under the instrument - the surgeon laughed and said 'it's alive.' A piece was retrieved; the rest returned to its original position once the suture healed.