NUFORC Sighting 16831

Occurred: 2001-01-07 20:30 Local
Reported: 2001-03-14 00:00 Pacific
Duration: contiuous for 1 hour
No of observers: 0

Location: South Bay, FL, USA

Shape: Cone
Characteristics: Lights on object

THE OBJECT WAS AS BRIGHT AS FIVE STARS WHICH ATTRACTED MY ATTENTION AND CAUSED ME TO STOP ROLL DOWN MY WINDOW AND TAKE A DIGITAL PICTURE WHICH I WOUL BE GLAD TO E MAIL.USA TODAY LOOKED AT IT AND SAID IT WAS TOO FAR AWAY FOR THEM TO TELL WHAT IS WAS.WHAT DO THEY EXPECT I SHOULD FLY WITHIN A MILE OF IT AND TAKE A PICTURE.BE GLAD TO SEND ON TO YOU IF YOU LIKE?IT WAS STATIONERY.

NUFORC Note:

We spoke with this witness, and we found him to be seemingly quite level headed and serious minded. The object, he reports, was approximately 70 degrees above the southwestern horizon, so we suspect that it was not the planet, Venus, which otherwise would have been our first guess. We will attempt to post the illustration to our website. PD

Posted 2001-03-16