NUFORC Sighting 11584

Occurred: 2000-01-05 19:55 Local
Reported: 2000-01-05 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 5 minutes
No of observers: 5

Location: Hawkinsville (3 miles north, 100 miles south Atlanta), GA, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object

Object with 3 large spotlights making absolutely no noise as it flew over us.

My wife and I were leaving my parents house about 3 miles north of Hawkinsville last night. We saw what appeared to be a large single spot light to the south (possibly between us and town). We stopped in the drive way and turned off the vehicle. The light did not appear to be moving at all. After a few minutes the object began to bank to the east and then back to the north. At this time it appeared that there were in fact three lights on the object. It seems possible that the lights were on the wing tips and the front landing gear of an aircraft. There were a few strange things: 1. absolutely silent, no noise of any kind, not even when the object passed by and was leaving our area. We appeared to be directly behind the object (usually you will hear some sort of "rumble" after a plane leaves.) 2. The object was not moving for a number of minutes (I realize that an airplane coming straight towards you does not appear to be moving). 3. It had an odd red flashing light on top, in the middle of the object. It looked like an old style red ambulance light flashing. I have been a private pilot for about 15 years and an airplane buff all my life. This object baffled me. It was one of those situations that makes the hair stand up on the back of your neck. I should also mention that we are located about 25 miles south of Robins Air Force Base in Warner Robins GA. This may have been some sort of military plane, it did not look like an airplane and it did not look like anything I had ever seen before.

Posted 2000-01-07