NUFORC Sighting 16469

Occurred: 2001-02-14 18:55 Local
Reported: 2001-02-14 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 10 minutes
No of observers: 3

Location: Fortuna, CA, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Aircraft nearby

An orange light, circled by two planes, then moves up and out of the sky and vanishes.

As we were walking our dog, we looked up to see a stationary bright orange light in the sky. It was very near the brightest star in the sky and almost as big. Two similar looking airplanes in close proximity flew together and circled the area once. Then the planes flew off in different directions. Immediately following this, the light began to wane and flicker slightly and move up (which is the only way we can describe it) in a seemly westward direction, but definitely up. It was also moving side to side in quick movements as it went away from us. The light got smaller and smaller until it disappeared into the clear night sky. As we saw it, it seemed to go out of the atmosphere as opposed to any direction imparticular. We watched for several minutes afterward, but nothing returned.

Posted 2001-02-18