newark,oh-16:12 strong flash behind and above airplane-size approx. 1/2 tictac at arms length-3-5sec.
driving home from work, on rt#16 going west at 16:12. straight out the front window, with a clear blue sky, i noticed a flash. having caught my attention it looked as if someone flashed a mirror. when i focused on it, the object looked silver(like the sun refecting off of highly polished chrome)of no discernable shape. being approximately the size of 1/2 a tictac mint held at arms length. also observed airplane,which was about the size of an aspirin held at arms length-below object and to the left. object was well past the tail of the airplane, approx. 1 1/2" thumb to forefinger held at arms length from object to airplane at an angle. as fast as it caught my attention, it was gone. total observation time 3-5 sec.
((NUFORC Note: Heavens-above website does not indicate that the flash from an Iridium satellite would have been visible at the time indicated by the witness. PD))
driving home from work, on rt#16 going west at 16:12. straight out the front window, with a clear blue sky, i noticed a flash. having caught my attention it looked as if someone flashed a mirror. when i focused on it, the object looked silver(like the sun refecting off of highly polished chrome)of no discernable shape. being approximately the size of 1/2 a tictac mint held at arms length. also observed airplane,which was about the size of an aspirin held at arms length-below object and to the left. object was well past the tail of the airplane, approx. 1 1/2" thumb to forefinger held at arms length from object to airplane at an angle. as fast as it caught my attention, it was gone. total observation time 3-5 sec.
((NUFORC Note: Heavens-above website does not indicate that the flash from an Iridium satellite would have been visible at the time indicated by the witness. PD))
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Newark
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40.07
-82.40
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Occurred : 6/21/2004 16:12 (Entered as : 06/21/2004 16:12) Reported: 6/21/2004 4:44:10 PM 16:44 Posted: 6/23/2004 Location: Newark, OH Shape: Unknown Duration: 3-5sec Characteristics: There were aircraft in the vicinity or aircraft chasing the object
newark,oh-16:12 strong flash behind and above airplane-size approx. 1/2 tictac at arms length-3-5sec.