Object left Earths atmosphere within 5 seconds
Goleta, CA Looking at the roofline of this house, I noticed an object flying past the sun (the sun was to the left on the fireplace chimney when standing on the right side of the front yard. looking back over the roof to the South). The object appeared to be about 1/100th or 1/150th the size of the sun. It flew from the point I first noticed the object latterly at approx. 40-degrees (in the skyline), west to east for 30 seconds. At this time the object flew across the skyline and appeared to fly faster yet while ascending up to the stratosphere from a 90-degree angle straight up at which time it grew to less than the size of a balloon. It took approx. 5 seconds from the 90-degree turn for it to disappear. It was last seen heading NE to NW over the Santa Barbara coastal mountains.
As it crossed closest to my view it appeared bright white to bright gray. It looked to be a skinny triangle with one appendage coming off the top and it appeared to be fluttering and not flying. It resembled a boomer rang, but flying sideways with both points closest to the ground.
10 to 15 minutes after I saw the object I noticed what appeared to be 2 military fighter jets in the same vicinity.
Goleta, CA Looking at the roofline of this house, I noticed an object flying past the sun (the sun was to the left on the fireplace chimney when standing on the right side of the front yard. looking back over the roof to the South). The object appeared to be about 1/100th or 1/150th the size of the sun. It flew from the point I first noticed the object latterly at approx. 40-degrees (in the skyline), west to east for 30 seconds. At this time the object flew across the skyline and appeared to fly faster yet while ascending up to the stratosphere from a 90-degree angle straight up at which time it grew to less than the size of a balloon. It took approx. 5 seconds from the 90-degree turn for it to disappear. It was last seen heading NE to NW over the Santa Barbara coastal mountains.
As it crossed closest to my view it appeared bright white to bright gray. It looked to be a skinny triangle with one appendage coming off the top and it appeared to be fluttering and not flying. It resembled a boomer rang, but flying sideways with both points closest to the ground.
10 to 15 minutes after I saw the object I noticed what appeared to be 2 military fighter jets in the same vicinity.
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Goleta
USA
45 seconds
45 seconds
34.43
-119.86
triangle
CA
Occurred : 1/14/2008 12:25 (Entered as : 01/14/08 12:25) Reported: 1/15/2008 10:03:47 PM 22:03 Posted: 1/21/2008 Location: Goleta, CA Shape: Triangle Duration: 45 seconds Characteristics: There were aircraft in the vicinity or aircraft chasing the object
Object left Earths atmosphere within 5 seconds