Witnessed a bright stationary object seen next to passing jet travelling at cruise altitude.
I witnessed a bright stationary object next to passing jet travelling in a south west direction at cruise altitude. Clear blue skies were present. I was outside my office and I looked up at a passing commercial jet. As the jet passed over, it flew by a stationary bright (white in color) object, I could not tell the actual size or altitude of the object. Based on my observation it appeared to be slightly larger than the jet with no wings. It did not have a well defined shape, but it was close to rectangular with lumps on each side. It was sort of blurry with no sharp edges. I don't think it was the same altitude of the jet because the passing aircraft did not alter course. The object could have been above or below the aircraft. The distance between the jet and object was about the width of a pencil held at arms length. At first glance I thought maybe it was a clump of balloons; however when I took out my cell phone camera to snap a picture and looked back u! p, the object had vanished. I knew where to look because the aircraft contrail was still present. I searched for it for another 5 minutes, but could not locate. I wish I had kept my eyes on it.
Note: This event occurred in January 2008 and had made note of immediately afterward. I’m just now reporting because I wasn’t aware of this site. Also, I'm a retired USAF SNCO (1981-2001) and very familiar with all types of aircraft.
I witnessed a bright stationary object next to passing jet travelling in a south west direction at cruise altitude. Clear blue skies were present. I was outside my office and I looked up at a passing commercial jet. As the jet passed over, it flew by a stationary bright (white in color) object, I could not tell the actual size or altitude of the object. Based on my observation it appeared to be slightly larger than the jet with no wings. It did not have a well defined shape, but it was close to rectangular with lumps on each side. It was sort of blurry with no sharp edges. I don't think it was the same altitude of the jet because the passing aircraft did not alter course. The object could have been above or below the aircraft. The distance between the jet and object was about the width of a pencil held at arms length. At first glance I thought maybe it was a clump of balloons; however when I took out my cell phone camera to snap a picture and looked back u! p, the object had vanished. I knew where to look because the aircraft contrail was still present. I searched for it for another 5 minutes, but could not locate. I wish I had kept my eyes on it.
Note: This event occurred in January 2008 and had made note of immediately afterward. I’m just now reporting because I wasn’t aware of this site. Also, I'm a retired USAF SNCO (1981-2001) and very familiar with all types of aircraft.
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Rocky Mount
USA
15 seconds
15 seconds
35.98
-77.81
other
NC
Occurred : 1/28/2008 16:20 (Entered as : 01/28/2008 16:20) Reported: 9/16/2009 2:22:09 PM 14:22 Posted: 12/12/2009 Location: Rocky Mount, NC Shape: Other Duration: 15 seconds Characteristics: There were aircraft in the vicinity or aircraft chasing the object
Witnessed a bright stationary object seen next to passing jet travelling at cruise altitude.