Very dim round light moving fast
Date: 20071226 Time: 1930 Conditions: Clear sky, no moon.
I was in my house and went to the side yard to have a smoke. I was looking into the southern sky just looking at the stars and passing satellites when out the left side I saw an almost see thru, very dim, brown, round light. It was flying south west and 45 degrees in the sky when I first noticed it. I am not sure of the altitude since it was night but I would have to say it was at least 500 feet and lasted about 10 seconds until I couldn’t see it anymore. It faded into the horizon. I can’t tell the size of it since I don’t know the true distance but to me it looked like 3/4 the size of the moon.
Sometimes birds flying at night can glow from lights in cities and I have seen this before but this didn’t seem like that. It was flying way to fast and it didn’t change direction at all. It was very windy so if it was a bird it would have been tossed around a bit.
I have been around and worked on all types of aircraft most of my life so there was no chance of it being one. I can usually explain everything I see at night that other people might find strange but this one has me a little baffled. I just thought I would report it. Maybe someone else saw something. I doubt it though. Most people don’t look to the sky.
((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD))
Date: 20071226 Time: 1930 Conditions: Clear sky, no moon.
I was in my house and went to the side yard to have a smoke. I was looking into the southern sky just looking at the stars and passing satellites when out the left side I saw an almost see thru, very dim, brown, round light. It was flying south west and 45 degrees in the sky when I first noticed it. I am not sure of the altitude since it was night but I would have to say it was at least 500 feet and lasted about 10 seconds until I couldn’t see it anymore. It faded into the horizon. I can’t tell the size of it since I don’t know the true distance but to me it looked like 3/4 the size of the moon.
Sometimes birds flying at night can glow from lights in cities and I have seen this before but this didn’t seem like that. It was flying way to fast and it didn’t change direction at all. It was very windy so if it was a bird it would have been tossed around a bit.
I have been around and worked on all types of aircraft most of my life so there was no chance of it being one. I can usually explain everything I see at night that other people might find strange but this one has me a little baffled. I just thought I would report it. Maybe someone else saw something. I doubt it though. Most people don’t look to the sky.
((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD))
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Clovis
USA
10 seconds
10 seconds
36.83
-119.68
other
CA
Occurred : 12/26/2007 19:30 (Entered as : 12/26/07 19:30) Reported: 12/26/2007 7:31:02 PM 19:31 Posted: 3/4/2008 Location: Clovis, CA Shape: Other Duration: 10 seconds
Very dim round light moving fast