flames in the night sky
The date and time are approx as this occured about 5 years ago, I was returning to my home in Las Vegas NV from Rachel NV in the evening and thought i would stop by the infamous black mail box at the junction of highway 375 and groom lake road to do some satellite watching, i parked on the south east corner of the intersection facing north,as it was cold outside i remained in my truck with a jacket on,
about one half hour later looking to the north west there appeared what i can only describe as a fire in the sky,by that i mean it looked like flames from a camp fire suddenly erupting in the sky for about 4 seconds and then went out, i would say it was approx 5 miles away and maybe 1000 feet in the air,it left no smoke and there was no sound,
im 65 years old and and have watched the night sky for most of my life,ive been a pilot since 1966 and a licensed a&p mechanic since 1972, i have worked on everything from cessna 120s thru dc-10s and retired from a major airline after 35 years as an aircraft mechanic, ive seen iridum flares,shooting stars, the iss, satellites,ect and nothing i know can explain what i saw
((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD))
The date and time are approx as this occured about 5 years ago, I was returning to my home in Las Vegas NV from Rachel NV in the evening and thought i would stop by the infamous black mail box at the junction of highway 375 and groom lake road to do some satellite watching, i parked on the south east corner of the intersection facing north,as it was cold outside i remained in my truck with a jacket on,
about one half hour later looking to the north west there appeared what i can only describe as a fire in the sky,by that i mean it looked like flames from a camp fire suddenly erupting in the sky for about 4 seconds and then went out, i would say it was approx 5 miles away and maybe 1000 feet in the air,it left no smoke and there was no sound,
im 65 years old and and have watched the night sky for most of my life,ive been a pilot since 1966 and a licensed a&p mechanic since 1972, i have worked on everything from cessna 120s thru dc-10s and retired from a major airline after 35 years as an aircraft mechanic, ive seen iridum flares,shooting stars, the iss, satellites,ect and nothing i know can explain what i saw
((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD))
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Las Vegas
USA
4 seconds
4 seconds
36.15
-115.18
other
NV
Occurred : 11/10/2006 21:00 (Entered as : 11/10/06 21:00) Reported: 6/16/2012 2:26:30 AM 02:26 Posted: 6/20/2012 Location: Las Vegas/Rachel (between, NV Shape: Other Duration: 4 seconds
Flames in the night sky