NUFORC Sighting 01615

Occurred: 1996-11-16 22:15 Local
Reported: 1996-11-17 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 45 sec.

Location: Lake City, WA, USA

Shape:

Young man sees a disc with a "double dome--top and bottom" in the northern sky. Object had a reddish light around its middle.

Object was seen in the northern sky, flying east to west. It stopped, went straight up, then down, up again, then to west, back to its original position, back east, then gained altitude, going straight up, and streaked to the north.

The rates of acceleration were dramatic.

Posted 1999-11-02