NUFORC Sighting 16320

Occurred: 1999-12-27 19:30 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2001-02-06 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 4 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Reno, NV, USA

Shape: Sphere
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

Sphere with Spikes

Coming home for Christmas on 12/27/99 my brother and I were driving east on Interstate 80 over the Sierra Nevada Mountains, when I noticed a large bright light coming of the mountain top, coming from the south. As the object came closer it appeared to get larger, very bright, and spikes coming out of it. I was the passenger in the car, my brother driving. I couldn`t believe what I`m seeing, so I told my brother who is driving to look to right up the mountain. I needed him to view the object because his eyes are better than mine. He seen everything I did and confirmed what I was looking at. Of course I viewed it longer, because he had to drive. I was getting a little scared at what I was seeing because it was getting closer to us. Well we lost sight of it at that point, because of our distance traveling. We did see the object one more time about three miles more up the road, but at more of a distace away. Then if disapeared. I would say this object was at least, 300 yards in diameter. The strange part of all this is, we forgot about seeing this object. It wasn`t until 4 months later that it popped back into my head. I can home that day and asked my brother about it again, he said he forgot about it also, untill I had reminded him of the event. about me:I`m 44 years old and Iv`e worked for General Motors for the last 23 years, and I consider myself very level headed, as for my brother.

Posted 2001-02-18