NUFORC Sighting 4846

Occurred: 1998-11-14 17:24 Local
Reported: 1998-11-14 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 14 minutes
No of observers: 3

Location: Denver, CO, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aircraft nearby

My son and I saw and videotaped a sighting in the sky north of Denver on 11/14/98 beginning at 17:24 and ending at 17:38.

My 9 year old son and I were driving to the store when we looked in the sky to the north (we were eastbound) and there were 4 stable objects in the sky. 3 smaller ones formed a triangle to the east while another approximately 3 times the size of the others was to the west. They all illuminated bright white lights that would light up the surrounding sky. There were airplanes flying all around them so we ruled out aircraft. They weren't planets or stars because they kept illuminating a bright light that got brighter then dimmer. After about ten minutes, the larger one shone a bright, bright, white light, dimmed and streaked across the entire horizon in less then a second. It was awesome. The other three hovered, then moved back and forth from east to west for about a minute then two took off west while the third took off east. My son and I witnessed this and was able to videotape about 2 minutes worth. My husband got on the roof with binoculars and said he thought it was some type of military helicopters but I'm not so sure. Just curious if anyone else has reported anything or has an explanation.

Posted 1998-11-19