Recreation of the October 2007 Manila Memorial Park sighting, in which a family at an overnight cemetery vigil watched a lit rectangular object, and later a second irregular object, emerge from near Orion's constellation.
THINK ABOUTIT UFO|UAP SIGHTINGS REPORT
2007: Two Objects Near Orion, Manila Memorial Park, Parañaque
On the night of October 31, 2007, during an overnight vigil at Manila Memorial Park in Parañaque, a family praying the rosary watched a lit, rectangular object streak out from near Orion’s constellation and fade away — followed, some minutes later, by a second, irregularly shaped object from the same patch of sky, moving at the same speed before it too vanished.
Date: October 31, 2007
Sighting Time: 1:00 AM (inferred from context — see Researcher’s Notes; the original field simply read “1:00” with no AM/PM specified)
Day/Night: Night. Corrected from the original field, which read “clear (no clouds)” — a weather observation, not a day/night classification. The object was seen near Orion’s constellation, which is a night-sky feature, and the setting (a Filipino Undas/All Saints’ Eve cemetery vigil) is consistent with an overnight observation.
Location: Manila Memorial Park, Parañaque, Metro Manila, Philippines
Urban or Rural: Urban — Parañaque is part of Metro Manila. Filled in from the original blank field.
No. of Entity(‘s): Undocumented
Entity Type: Not Applicable — no entity described
Entity Description: Not Applicable
Hynek Classification: Corrected from the original DD (Daylight Disc) to NL (Nocturnal Light), consistent with the corrected nighttime timing — the objects were seen near Orion’s constellation, not in daylight.
Duration: Undocumented for each individual object’s transit; “some minutes” passed between the first object fading away and the second appearing
No. of Object(s): 2, appearing sequentially rather than simultaneously — a rectangular object first, followed some minutes later by a second, irregularly shaped object from the same area of sky
Description of the Object(s): First object: rectangular, with lights on each short side (front and rear), appearing from near Orion’s constellation and moving quickly before fading away. Second object (some minutes later, from the same area): irregularly shaped, described as resembling a stealth bomber in outline but explicitly not black/grey in color, traveling at a similar speed to the first before it too faded away.
Shape of Object(s): First object: rectangular. Second object: irregular, stealth-bomber-like in outline.
Size of Object(s): Undocumented for either object
Color of Object(s): Undocumented for the first object (only its front/rear lights are described, not a body color). For the second object, the witness explicitly states it was not black/grey, despite its stealth-bomber-like shape — no color is given in its place. Corrected from the original field’s blanket “black/grey,” which directly contradicts the witness’s own description of the second object and is unsupported for the first.
Distance to Object(s): Undocumented
Height & Speed: Altitude undocumented for either object. Both were described as moving quickly (“zoom quite fast” for the first; “the same speed” for the second) with no measured figure given.
Number of Witnesses: 4 total, per the original filing, including the reporting witness and their father. The narrative itself directly confirms only 2 of the 4 (the witness and the father) as having actively watched the objects; it is not stated whether the other 2 counted among the “four witnesses” independently observed the sighting or were simply present at the vigil.
Special Features/Characteristics: The sighting occurred during a family rosary vigil at a cemetery, consistent with the Filipino Undas (All Saints’/All Souls’ Day) tradition of overnight cemetery visits beginning on October 31. Both objects reportedly originated from the same area of sky near Orion’s constellation and faded away rather than departing along a visible flight path.
Case Status: Insufficient Data — a family account from a real, verifiable setting and occasion, but with no photograph, only partial confirmation of the full stated witness count, and no independent corroboration
Source: Reported to Think AboutIt
Summary/Description: We were praying the rosary while I looked up in the sky and saw a strange rectangular object appear from near Orion’s constellation. I called my dad and we both saw it zoom quite fast until it just faded away. It seemed to have lights from each short side (its front and rear). After some minutes, another object from also the same area appeared out of nowhere. It was irregularly shaped this time, almost like a stealth bomber but not black/grey. Also, it seemed to travel at the same speed until it faded away, too.
Related Cases: Undocumented — no confirmed related case identified in the archive at this time
Detailed Report
This account is set against a specific, verifiable backdrop: Manila Memorial Park is a real cemetery and memorial park in Parañaque, and the date, October 31, sits at the very start of Undas, the Filipino All Saints’/All Souls’ Day tradition in which families gather at cemeteries, often overnight, to pray, hold vigil, and remember the dead. A family engaged in exactly that practice — praying the rosary at the grave site — noticed a rectangular, lit object emerge from near Orion’s constellation, moving quickly before fading from view; the witness immediately called their father’s attention to it, and both watched it together. Some minutes later, a second object appeared from the same general area of sky: irregular in outline, compared by the witness to a stealth bomber, but explicitly distinguished from that comparison by its color, which was not black or grey as the witness took care to specify. This object matched the first in speed before likewise fading away rather than flying off along a visible path. The original filing states four total witnesses, but the narrative itself only directly places two people — the witness and their father — in the act of watching; it does not confirm whether the other two counted in that total independently observed anything themselves.
RESEARCHER’S NOTES
Two Objects Near Orion — Manila Memorial Park 2007 and a Color That Contradicts Itself
- Classification Assessment: The original DD (Daylight Disc) classification was a clear error. The “Day/Night” field itself was filled with a weather note (“clear, no clouds”) rather than an actual time-of-day classification, and the objects’ appearance near Orion’s constellation places this firmly at night. Corrected to NL (Nocturnal Light).
- Source Chain Assessment: The original Color field (“black/grey”) directly contradicts the witness’s own words, which explicitly state the second, stealth-bomber-shaped object was “not black/grey” — and gives no color for the first object at all. This is a clear case of a field summarizing the account inaccurately rather than reflecting what the witness actually said, corrected here to note the contradiction rather than repeat it.
- Evidentiary Weight: No photograph accompanies this account, notable given the witnesses were stationary at a vigil rather than in transit, which might have allowed more time to attempt one. The stated witness count of four is only partially confirmed by the narrative itself, which places just two people in direct observation.
- Pattern and Comparative Context: Two sequential objects emerging from the same patch of sky minutes apart, at similar speed, is a distinctive pairing worth noting, though nothing in the account establishes whether they were related craft, the same object reappearing, or coincidental.
- Geographic and Historical Context: Manila Memorial Park is a genuine, well-known cemetery and memorial park in Parañaque City, Metro Manila. The October 31 date aligns with the start of Undas, when Filipino families traditionally gather at cemeteries overnight, a real and verifiable cultural practice that lends authentic, checkable context to the setting of this account.
Set at a real cemetery on a real, verifiable date in the Filipino calendar, this account describes two objects, minutes apart, from the same patch of night sky — one rectangular, one irregular, neither matching the color originally recorded for them in this site’s own fields. With those errors corrected and no photograph or independent corroboration to lean on, the case stands as Insufficient Data.
“It was irregularly shaped this time, almost like a stealth bomber but not black/grey.”
