NUFORC Sighting 12410

Occurred: 2000-03-21 21:00 Local
Reported: 2000-03-21 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 15 MIN
No of observers: 2

Location: St. Cloud, FL, USA

Shape: Circle

HAVE SEEN SEVERAL TIMES. AMBER LIGHT THAT WILL STAY AROUND FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES AND THEN WILL DISAPPEAR. THEN APPEARS AGAIN IN DIFFERENT AREA. WILL SOMETIMES SPLIT INTO TWO OR THREE AND THEN BACK TO ONE.

ON THIS NIGHT, WE SAW ONE BRIGHT AMBER FLICKERING CIRCULAR LIGHT FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES. THE LIGHT STAYED STATIONARY FOR THIS TIME. THE LIGHT THEN DISAPPEARED. THE BRIGHT AMBER LIGHT THEN REAPPEARED ABOUT FIVE MINUTES LATER AND STAYED STATIONARY AND LIT FOR ABOUT 3 MINUTES, THEN DISAPPEARED. MY SON AND I HAVE SEEN THESE LIGHTS SEVERAL TIMES WITHIN THE LAST YEAR. THIS WAS SEEN IN AN AREA OF ST. CLOUD CALLED THE MANOR. WE HAVE LIVED HERE FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS. WE HAVE TRYED TO TAKE PICTURES OR SEE THROUGH BINOCULARS, BUT EACH TIME WE RETREIVE CAMERA IT EITHER FADES OR IS ALREADY GONE WHEN WE GET BACK OUTSIDE.

NUFORC Note:

We suspect that these yellow lights, which are reported to us frequently from north-central Florica, are flares over the Avon Park Firing Range.

Posted 2000-04-01