White light over Los Angeles flew away at impossible speed
I was brushing my teeth, the lights were out for privacy, the bathroom has a southern view. The windows were half open and pushed out like shutters, perpendicular to the building, so I could see reflections in the window panes. I was facing the mirror, East, when I noticed a light out of the corner of my right eye. My mind computed that I was seeing the moon reflected in the window, so I turned to check out the moon. Instead I saw two lights in the distance, one heading West, the other heading East. It took my mind a couple of seconds to understand what I was seeing. I remember clearly thinking that I was seeing an airplane heading West on its descent to LAX, and also seeing it's reflection in the window, because they were heading right for each other. But a second later I realized I wasn't, that I was watching two real, separate lights heading towards each other, one from the West, the other from the East. My heart immediately started racing as it dawned on me that I might be witnessing an in air collision. But after a few tense seconds the lights passed each other and I was relieved. Until the light heading East stopped, held its position for a second, and flew away arcing due South. It was completely gone in under two seconds.
((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that the date of the event is approximate. PD))
I was brushing my teeth, the lights were out for privacy, the bathroom has a southern view. The windows were half open and pushed out like shutters, perpendicular to the building, so I could see reflections in the window panes. I was facing the mirror, East, when I noticed a light out of the corner of my right eye. My mind computed that I was seeing the moon reflected in the window, so I turned to check out the moon. Instead I saw two lights in the distance, one heading West, the other heading East. It took my mind a couple of seconds to understand what I was seeing. I remember clearly thinking that I was seeing an airplane heading West on its descent to LAX, and also seeing it's reflection in the window, because they were heading right for each other. But a second later I realized I wasn't, that I was watching two real, separate lights heading towards each other, one from the West, the other from the East. My heart immediately started racing as it dawned on me that I might be witnessing an in air collision. But after a few tense seconds the lights passed each other and I was relieved. Until the light heading East stopped, held its position for a second, and flew away arcing due South. It was completely gone in under two seconds.
((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that the date of the event is approximate. PD))
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Los Angeles
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10 seconds
34.04
-118.30
light
CA
Occurred : 8/17/2003 01:30 (Entered as : 08/17/03 01:30) Reported: 4/9/2006 1:47:34 AM 01:47 Posted: 5/15/2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Shape: Light Duration: 10 seconds Characteristics: There were lights on the object, There were aircraft in the vicinity or aircraft chasing the object
White light over Los Angeles flew away at impossible speed