Saw long tail reflecting the setting sun begin to zigzag explosively moving from NW to SE then a bright light appeared in front of the tail which shortened. This was repeated 3-4 times then it disappeared.
At about 17:45 on January 10, 1999, I was parked on Lake Lewisville just north of Dallas looking west. Just after sunset, there was a lot of air traffic as usual (I do this very often) and two high flying jets flying straight with long tails from southeast to northwest. These continued on their path for the full event. Just above the horizon at about 3 degrees, I noticed what I thought was another airplane with an orange reflective tail moving from northwest to the southeast. Looking at the map and from my previous experience, this craft was flying over Flower Mound and disappeared just north of DFW Airport. This one was very different from the other two. I got out my binoculars and followed it across the sky for about 15 minutes. It began zigzaging to the east and then back on course. During the zigzag, the tail got much larger and brighter. Then suddenly, during the last five minutes I saw it, a bright white light "jumped" in front of the tail (at least a few hundred feet or more) with the tail becoming much shorter. The light jumped in front of a rapidly dissipating tail at least 3-4 times and then it was just a light which suddenly disappeared. This event was not at any angle -- horizontal though it rose a bit as it got closer.
At about 17:45 on January 10, 1999, I was parked on Lake Lewisville just north of Dallas looking west. Just after sunset, there was a lot of air traffic as usual (I do this very often) and two high flying jets flying straight with long tails from southeast to northwest. These continued on their path for the full event. Just above the horizon at about 3 degrees, I noticed what I thought was another airplane with an orange reflective tail moving from northwest to the southeast. Looking at the map and from my previous experience, this craft was flying over Flower Mound and disappeared just north of DFW Airport. This one was very different from the other two. I got out my binoculars and followed it across the sky for about 15 minutes. It began zigzaging to the east and then back on course. During the zigzag, the tail got much larger and brighter. Then suddenly, during the last five minutes I saw it, a bright white light "jumped" in front of the tail (at least a few hundred feet or more) with the tail becoming much shorter. The light jumped in front of a rapidly dissipating tail at least 3-4 times and then it was just a light which suddenly disappeared. This event was not at any angle -- horizontal though it rose a bit as it got closer.
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Dallas
USA
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15 minutes
32.82
-96.80
light
TX
Occurred : 1/10/1999 17:45 (Entered as : 01/10/99 17:45) Reported: 1/10/1999 17:00 Posted: 2/16/1999 Location: Dallas (North of DFW), TX Shape: Light Duration: 15 minutes Characteristics: There were lights on the object, The object left a trail, The object emitted other objects, The object changed color, There were aircraft in the vicinity or aircraft chasing the object
Saw long tail reflecting the setting sun begin to zigzag explosively moving from NW to SE then a bright light appeared in front of the