NUFORC Sighting 72003

Occurred: 2009-08-31 22:25 Local
Reported: 2009-09-01 14:56 Pacific
Duration: 2 min.
No of observers: 1

Location: Franklin, TN, USA

Shape: Sphere

At 2:25 pm on 8/31/09, I noticed what I first thought was a black large bird (Black Vulture) flying high in the sky. Most of the time they are just riding the wind and will make a few turns. The thing that caught my eye here was the fact it was flying in a straight line with no evidence of any wings moving. I tried to see if there were any wings at all and there were none. I watched the object between 1 and 3 minutes fly from south to north against the wind! The temperature was about 78 degrees and winds were 5 to 10 from the north and a little east. It was difficult to tell how high the object was, but my estimate would be between 1000’ and 5000’. The size of the object would have been that of an airliner flying at about 10,000’. The object I observed was jet black, not shinny. I do not know if there was any sound because I was running equipment on the back of my work truck. I think I have a photo on my cell phone but am not sure how to transfer from phone to computer.

Posted 2009-12-12