NUFORC Sighting 25443

Occurred: 2000-09-17 21:40 Local
Reported: 2002-10-07 14:46 Pacific
Duration: 2 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Mountain View, CA, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Lights on object, Left a trail

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It was night time and my friend and I were driving towards the NASA plant in Mt.View,Ca and noticed a bright object hover above NASA then shoot off into the night in a curve motion , leaving a shreek of light behind it. My friend and I both looked at each other and said , "what in the world was that?" , and it was obviously traveling too fast for a plane to travel , and too large ( about 30 X the speed of a plane in the sky) Plus its direction it went into the sky was different , moving at a curve.

NUFORC Note:

We at first wondered whether the witnesses might have been observing the launch of a Minuteman III out of Vandenberg AFB on September 19, but it would have been visible for more than 2 seconds. The witness does not indicate what direction the observers were looking. PD

Posted 2002-10-15