NUFORC Sighting 13315

Occurred: 2000-07-07 21:00 Local
Reported: 2000-07-07 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 5 to 7 min.
No of observers: 7

Location: Citrus Heights, CA, USA

Shape: Other
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Left a trail, Emitted other objects, Changed Colo

7/7/002100 hrs 7 people saw a disk shaped ?flaming from the sw and left a bluegreen haze that lingered for a long time

myself as well as 7 other witnesses were standing out side around 9 pm give or take a minute, . we looked up to the sw, towards Mc Cullen A>F>Base to see a disk/half dome shape with a bright white tip on top of dome. you could see what i say were flames coming from the bottem of disk/dome shaped object. it seemed to drop and then lit up brighter then took off like a flash to the west and was gone in a mere second i got on the phone and called the airforce base,they were getting calls on it and refered me to you....being an airforce brat (my dad a com controller) know not to trust the infro from the airforce.they lie toooooo much...now the news says it was a missle launch from Vandenburg.....right how convient for them but it was Not a rocket i saw and it didnt blow up this thing i saw left poof it was gone it also left a bluegreen haze behind for a long time! ice crystals??....NOT!!!!!!!

NUFORC Note:

Missile launch from Vandenberg AFB. PD

Posted 2000-07-11