Bright searchlight hovered at high altitude and then rapidly ascended from view.
At approximately 1930 EST I was in my friend's back yard in Joppa, MD when she indicated to me a strange light in the sky just above where Venus was in the sky. Since there are no other stars that bright in that vicinity I assumed it was some type of aircraft. There appeared to be a searchlight emanating from the object highlighting some clouds, which made little sense as there was little visible cloud cover and what there was was high-altitude cirrus clouds. After approximately 2 minutes of observation the object ceased the searchlight and ascended rapidly until it vanished from view.
((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
At approximately 1930 EST I was in my friend's back yard in Joppa, MD when she indicated to me a strange light in the sky just above where Venus was in the sky. Since there are no other stars that bright in that vicinity I assumed it was some type of aircraft. There appeared to be a searchlight emanating from the object highlighting some clouds, which made little sense as there was little visible cloud cover and what there was was high-altitude cirrus clouds. After approximately 2 minutes of observation the object ceased the searchlight and ascended rapidly until it vanished from view.
((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
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Joppa
USA
2 minutes
2 minutes
39.42
-76.35
unknown
MD
Occurred : 9/19/2009 19:30 (Entered as : 09/19/2009 19:30) Reported: 9/19/2009 11:23:27 PM 23:23 Posted: 12/12/2009 Location: Joppa, MD Shape: Unknown Duration: 2 minutes Characteristics: There were lights on the object, The object emitted beams
Bright searchlight hovered at high altitude and then rapidly ascended from view. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))