Sunday's object over Lake Huron was flying at around twenty thousand feet and it was described by officials as octagonal with potential surveillance capabilities.
And there's a bunch of other shapes, there's a " rhombus" , there's a " diamond" , there's a " hectagon" , there's an " octagon" , all kinds of shapes.
Tall octagonal and twisted chimneys thrust themselves high up into the sky, surpassed in height, however, by some poplars and sycamores at the back, which showed their gently rocking summits over ridge and parapet.
In the middle of a coal black lustreless rug stood an octagonal white table, just large enough for two pairs of elbows and in the middle of it a milk white globe on a black stand.
It couldn't be truly circular, like a parasol, or, you know, octagonal, like a stop sign, because if it was too wide, this structure–which is, again, bolted to a bus pole–would blow over in the wind.