Object was red and silver with no wings (cigar shaped) moving at slow jet speed.
While sitting on my porch in Wilkesboro NC, I saw a number of ducks in the lake. I got my binoculars and observed the ducks. After looking at the ducks, the fluffy clouds caught my attention and I pointed the binoculars aloft. As I was looking at the clouds, I caught a glimpse of an aircraft. I observed the object at about 40 degrees above the horizon. The cloud cover was around 70%. Initially, (observing for ~ 5 seconds) I thought it was a jet, however; I observed no wings. It was traveling about as fast a slow jet. Then I lost it in the clouds. It briefly came out of the clouds (for another 5 seconds) – same observation. Back in the clouds, and back out for about another 5 seconds, same observation – then gone.
My binoculars are Nikon Monarchs 10x42 6 degree. I probably would not have seen the object with the necked eye, which means it was probably ¼ to ½ mile away (guess). What really caught my eye was the color – bright red. The color of the rest of the object appeared to be non-shiny silver. The object was flying south west into the sun. Later my wife said that the red was a reflection of the sun. No way – it was like it was painted with red paint.
The object was cylindrical with the front part about twice as big as the rear.
The front rounded part was red. The back portion was silver.
While sitting on my porch in Wilkesboro NC, I saw a number of ducks in the lake. I got my binoculars and observed the ducks. After looking at the ducks, the fluffy clouds caught my attention and I pointed the binoculars aloft. As I was looking at the clouds, I caught a glimpse of an aircraft. I observed the object at about 40 degrees above the horizon. The cloud cover was around 70%. Initially, (observing for ~ 5 seconds) I thought it was a jet, however; I observed no wings. It was traveling about as fast a slow jet. Then I lost it in the clouds. It briefly came out of the clouds (for another 5 seconds) – same observation. Back in the clouds, and back out for about another 5 seconds, same observation – then gone.
My binoculars are Nikon Monarchs 10x42 6 degree. I probably would not have seen the object with the necked eye, which means it was probably ¼ to ½ mile away (guess). What really caught my eye was the color – bright red. The color of the rest of the object appeared to be non-shiny silver. The object was flying south west into the sun. Later my wife said that the red was a reflection of the sun. No way – it was like it was painted with red paint.
The object was cylindrical with the front part about twice as big as the rear.
The front rounded part was red. The back portion was silver.
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Wilkesboro
USA
15 seconds
15 seconds
36.14
-81.16
NC
Occurred : 10/7/2009 16:50 (Entered as : 10/7/09 16:50) Reported: 11/4/2009 4:18:34 PM 16:18 Posted: 12/12/2009 Location: Wilkesboro, NC Shape: Duration: 15 seconds
Object was red and silver with no wings (cigar shaped) moving at slow jet speed.