The first time is the most memorable, after that, they become a normal part of life, but its always fun to read first time sightings.

It's not unusual to miss the shot when you see something for the first time. Usually you only think about the camera after it's gone.

My dad (he's getting pretty old) was asking me yesterday about the new planes they have out.
I asked him which one and he gave me a description of one of the really big, slow moving black triangles that were seen by all of those police in indiana.

I asked him what he thought it was and he said he had thought it was like the harrier or something because it moved so slow but couldn't understand why it was so quiet it if was so big. He'd figured he would have been able to hear the engines.

I didn't know what to tell him and just asked him to get a picture next time. He said he didn't have a camera the first time but he'd keep one in his truck so he could take a picture if he ever saw one again.

I was driving to work one morning, coming over our local river-bridge, and saw a silver sphere hovering above a northern treeline. I looked around to check the road (am I still in my lane, is there anyone around me?, etc) and when I looked back, it was gone.

The next morning I watched that treeline the whole way over the bridge, thinking it was just the morning sun reflecting off a street-light or something....but there are no structures that come even with the treeline, and no light poles anywhere near it. I'm convinced I saw a UFO...kinda rare for around here. My little town has a small airport and a nuclear power plant, which I thought would draw a little more attention...but that was the one and only time I've ever seen anything anomalous in my skies.