NUFORC Sighting 11792

Occurred: 1999-01-18 19:38 Local
Reported: 2000-01-24 00:00 Pacific
Duration: a few minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Timberline Lodge/Mt Hood, OR, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object, Emitted beams

to the ssw a huge bright light was shining down as if on the back of a large jet liner and was moving up like a rocket upward at about a 45 degree angle . This all lasted only a few seconds and then it appeared to explode



NUFORC Note:

Please see similar reports from Coos Bay, OR, for the same date. At first, we assumed that these reports resulted from the missile launch from Vandenberg AFB at approximately 1816 hrs. (PST) on this date. However, many witnesses in Oregon express strong opposition to this theory, stating that what they saw did not look like a missile launch, and the object observed illuminated the ground with a beam, or cone (?), of light. This sighting occurred 82 minutes after the missile launch. Moreover, our theory is predicated on the assumption that a missile launched from near Los Angeles could be seen from northern Oregon. That may not be correct.


Posted 2000-02-16

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