NUFORC Sighting 180869

Occurred: 1975-08-13 02:30 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2024-03-19 14:22 Pacific
Duration: 1 hour observed hovering
No of observers: 3

Location: Metairie, LA, USA
Location details: Tiffany Drive

Shape: Disk
Color: Silver
Estimated Size: 1 football field or 100 yds.
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: North
Angle of Elevation: 30
Closest Distance: 1/4 mile at most
Estimated Speed: 200 to 300 mph
Characteristics: Lights on object, Missing Time

The saucer hovered appx. 3 miles away in the northern sky. Then it blazed right down our street with no sound lit everything like noon.

From a completly dark sky it blazed past above us and it was as bright as 12 noon on a clear day only for a fraction of a second, then disappeared from earth's atmosphere as it curved Eastward out of site completely. My friends inquired about the time and to our surprise it was about 1 1/2 hours later than any of us thought it should be 4:45 AM. High velocity wind at least 90 to 120 mph followed the soundless craft. I asked my friends what they just saw w/out any suggestions and one friend stuttered "a u-f-f-o!" He ran into his home and woke his parents. The other friend agreed it's what he saw as well.

Posted 2024-04-27