Bright white light traveling beside a military transport.
On this afternoon, me and youngest daughter, aged 11, were watching the clouds and sunset as we normally do. During this, I observed a C5a Galaxy military aircraft flying east to west, I observed this aircraft with binoculars for ID. I commented how big the contrail was and my daughter thought it was very cool.
After it passed overhead, it turned to the northwest from my 12 o'clock position, I handed the binoculars to my daughter to watch it. She then stated that there was something beside the plane, I asked flying beside or was it in different travel path. She said no it was beside the aircraft, I asked if it was another plane and she stated she didn't see any wings on it that it looked like a light. She then handed the binoculars to back to me.
I observed the light and it was white in color, when I saw it, it was no longer beside but had dropped back behind the C5. It was at this point the light began a westward track and seemed very slow. I observed no wings or tail. The object was not flashing but a steady white light color.
I asked my daughter if she could she it without the binoculars and she stated no. I looked without them and could not see it. It was only visible with the binoculars. I then handed them back to my daughter but she was unable to find it again.
We saw several aircraft that night including a Fed-Ex plane (ID'd by paint scheme with binoculars), all had contrails and were identifiable as winged aircraft. This was not.
If I was to guess size, due to the distance I would be hesitant and guess near the size of the engines at the distance we saw.
On this afternoon, me and youngest daughter, aged 11, were watching the clouds and sunset as we normally do. During this, I observed a C5a Galaxy military aircraft flying east to west, I observed this aircraft with binoculars for ID. I commented how big the contrail was and my daughter thought it was very cool.
After it passed overhead, it turned to the northwest from my 12 o'clock position, I handed the binoculars to my daughter to watch it. She then stated that there was something beside the plane, I asked flying beside or was it in different travel path. She said no it was beside the aircraft, I asked if it was another plane and she stated she didn't see any wings on it that it looked like a light. She then handed the binoculars to back to me.
I observed the light and it was white in color, when I saw it, it was no longer beside but had dropped back behind the C5. It was at this point the light began a westward track and seemed very slow. I observed no wings or tail. The object was not flashing but a steady white light color.
I asked my daughter if she could she it without the binoculars and she stated no. I looked without them and could not see it. It was only visible with the binoculars. I then handed them back to my daughter but she was unable to find it again.
We saw several aircraft that night including a Fed-Ex plane (ID'd by paint scheme with binoculars), all had contrails and were identifiable as winged aircraft. This was not.
If I was to guess size, due to the distance I would be hesitant and guess near the size of the engines at the distance we saw.
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Pineville
USA
2-3 minutes
2-3 minutes
31.23
-92.32
light
LA
Occurred : 3/4/2015 17:15 (Entered as : 03/04/2015 17:15) Reported: 3/6/2015 12:15:36 PM 12:15 Posted: 3/6/2015 Location: Pineville, LA Shape: Light Duration: 2-3 minutes Characteristics: There were aircraft in the vicinity or aircraft chasing the object
Bright white light traveling beside a military transport.