As my father and I exited the Montgomery County fair parking lot in Gaithersburg, an eerie spectacle unfolded before us. High above the midway carnival rides, about a thousand feet up, a craft resembling a commercial airplane caught our eyes. It bore green lights on its wings and a red, flashing tail light—yet something was unmistakably off.
Suddenly, just a hundred feet away, the object halted mid-air, defying all logic as it hovered silently for nearly two minutes. The stillness was unsettling; there wasn’t a whisper of sound from this mysterious presence. I grasped for familiar shapes but could not discern the craft’s form in the dim night.
My father, quick to capture the anomaly, pulled out his phone to snap a photo. But before he could, the object burst from its stationary position, accelerating from zero to fifty mph as it vanished into the carnival lights.
I reflect on this encounter with cautious skepticism. Could this silent, hovering entity have been a drone, disguised by the carnival’s glowing backdrop? Or does it hint at something far beyond everyday technology?
This experience remains etched in my memory—a haunting glimpse into the unknown hovering above Gaithersburg, a mystery that lingers in the shadows between skepticism and wonder.