Bright white disk, traveling rapidly in a straight line from Northwest to North toward the horizon.
The object appeared and immediately grew very bright (as bright as the brightest star in the sky) and about two and a half times as large as the biggest star seen in the sky. As soon as it had reached its maximum brightness, it moved in a straight line from the northwest, where it first appeared, to the north. Within about half to three quarters of a second it had gone behind a tree so I could no longer keep track of it. It was much too fast for an aeroplane or satellite, and considerably slower than a meteorite. I couldn't really tell its altitude. Its elevation started at about 40 degrees above the horizon and was at about 35 degrees when I lost sight of it.
The object appeared and immediately grew very bright (as bright as the brightest star in the sky) and about two and a half times as large as the biggest star seen in the sky. As soon as it had reached its maximum brightness, it moved in a straight line from the northwest, where it first appeared, to the north. Within about half to three quarters of a second it had gone behind a tree so I could no longer keep track of it. It was much too fast for an aeroplane or satellite, and considerably slower than a meteorite. I couldn't really tell its altitude. Its elevation started at about 40 degrees above the horizon and was at about 35 degrees when I lost sight of it.
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Petaluma
USA
1 second
1 second
38.25
-122.64
circle
CA
Occurred : 12/15/1998 03:30 (Entered as : 12/15/98 03:30) Reported: 12/20/1998 18:45 Posted: 2/16/1999 Location: Petaluma, CA Shape: Circle Duration: 1 second Characteristics: There were lights on the object
Bright white disk, traveling rapidly in a straight line from Northwest to North toward the horizon.