NUFORC Sighting 13458

Occurred: 1999-09-24 19:30 Local
Reported: 2000-07-14 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 2 hours approx
No of observers: 1

Location: New York/San Francisco (flight between), NY, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Color, Aircraft nearby

On flight from New York to San Francisco saw series of varying lights buzzing the plane for most of the journey.

While on United Airlines flight 24th Sept 1999 18.30 from New York to San Francisco i witnessed several lights and formation of lights performing various manourves. The first of thses was noticed approx 1 hour into the flight. At approx 39,000 ft i noticed on the l/h/s of the plane a formation of red and blue lights about 10 feet apart, later i witnessed red and white lights going under the plane and pinkish red lights that turned to glowing red at the side of the plane. They formed a triangle of lights before merging into a straight line. Then later in the flight flourescent orange/amber shapes, in the shape of a sofa. The object was in front then adjacent to the plane. before i lost sight of it. I got out of my seat to see the object appearing to be going backwards slowly. I went back to my seat and continued to see triangular formations mimiking the plane, copying the lights and appearing playfull. later i saw an orange shape very low over a village. All others on the flight were reading, sleeping or watching the inflight movie. An orange sphere moved towards the plane, i asked a fellow passenger to look but it dropped suddenly out of view, the passenger was female and French, she said she saw nothing,but i felt she had. I felt scared an isolated. I asked the pilots after the flight did he see weird lights..he asked me what i saw, then said no.

Posted 2000-07-23