NUFORC Sighting 14006

Occurred: 2000-09-02 21:30 Local
Reported: 2000-09-05 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 3 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Orem, UT, USA

Shape: Other
Characteristics: Lights on object

Five connected lights moving in the direction of the point at an unearthly speed.

My family and I were attending a storytelling festival outdoors. There were perhaps 3,000 other people present. Surprisingly, no else commented on what I saw, even though I tried to point it out to my wife and my sudden and excited words to her were no doubt heard by people sitting immediately around us--"Look! Wow! Don't you see that?! You didn't see that?!" Most of the seating was on the grass. At the time, I happened to be reclined and looking up at the sky (the time was about 2130-2200). Earlier, I had seen a few "shooting stars." The object--which looked like five lights forming a point--appeared suddenly, as if it were just there, many miles above me. (I am almost certain that the five lights formed a singular object. The position of the lights was too symmetrical and the object moved in perfect unison so as not to appear as multiple objects.) The individual lights emitted what I might describe as "luminous radiation," and the points of light seemed to be "connected" by the same type of luminous radiation. It moved in the direction of the point (west); within 2 or 3 seconds it was gone, moving faster than anything man-made could move. If you are interested, I can provide you with an accurate drawing.

Posted 2000-09-17