NUFORC Sighting 156181

Occurred: 1974-05-15 01:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2020-05-02 19:29 Pacific
Duration: 2-3 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Burnett, TX, USA

Shape: Other

Watched what I thought was a satellite make an abrupt right angle turn and vanish withing 2-3 seconds.

I heard on Coast to Coast on May 2020 a request for UFO sightings even if they are decades old. For the record, this sighting happened in late Spring, 1974.

My husband and I were camping at Inks Lake State Park in Burnett, Texas. We were in separate sleeping bags, and I awoke during the night to find the temperature had dropped, and it was uncomfortably chilly. Having trouble getting back to sleep due to the cold, I took advantage of an amazingly clear night sky with its millions of twinkling stars.

I soon noticed what I thought was a satellite moving ever so slowly across the sky. However, it soon made a very abrupt right angle turn and streaked across the sky and vanished in no more than 2-3 seconds.

Posted 2020-06-25