NUFORC Sighting 32874

Occurred: 2003-10-22 19:20 Local
Reported: 2003-11-04 18:44 Pacific
Duration: 55
No of observers: 0

Location: Rachel, NV, USA

Shape: Oval
Characteristics: Aircraft nearby

Iam an insurance salesman born April 9, 1947, age 56. I have lived in Northern Nevada since I was age 16. I am college educated in the medical sciences and have specialized in group medical insurance sales since 1981. I have never reported a sighting before although on two nights several years apart and many years ago I witnessed interesting phenomena that may have had mundane explanations.

I had only driven on Highway 375 in southern Nevada one other time previously. A month earlier my wife and I drove down to Mesquite, NV together in daylight.

On this night, there was no moon that I noticed. It may have been below the horizon or not have risen yet. I was traveling again from my home in Reno, Nevada to my home in Mesquite, Nevada to meet my wife who was waiting there. The night sky was perfectly clear and the weather pretty warm for this date in October. More stars were in the sky than I could ever remember, but no moon! At the time I began witnessing the event I will describe in detail, I was on Highway 375 aproximately 20 miles before reaching Rachel, Nevada. At this time I am not absolutely sure which direction on the compass I was pointing but my guess would be Southwest. In any case, as I would notice later on there was a very bright star or planet high in the night sky almost immediately in line with my direction of travel.

I was moving slower than normal because the area is Open Range and cattle are everywhere, sometimes in the center of the highway. Anyway, I was moving about 60 mph and very attentive to road conditions. To my right, near the top of my windshield in the Camry, I was startled by a bright orange colored globe that "appeared" for about 5 seconds. As soon as I came to a dirt road on the same side, I pulled over got out but kept my motor running. In the night shadows I noticed a hillside that grew into a small mountain range about a quarter mile away and ran away from my position in the direction of light I had seen. I guessed that the object was at least 10 miles away althought I had only the dark mountain range to relate to. It was bright orange, the orange was not pale at all but had a lot of red in it. The shape was like a fat cuban cigar, not long at all.

In a moment, I noticed two very small white lights paired together and moving upward from the horizon under the area I had first spotted the orange object. Then parted about 500 feet up from the horizon,going in almost horizontal paths 90 degrees away from each ohter.I followed the white light that was moving toward the small mountain range and it turned and headed along the range. In a few seconds a jet began to follow this light closely. Over my car engine which ran pretty quietly, I could hear the jet engine. Also, I saw the flashing lights of the jet and it looked like the jets I have noticed in the air all my life. Also, on this highway I had already noted that a lot of air traffic was evident on my left, very high in the sky but that nothing commercial was on my right, only these strange sights. It was so quiet I even noticed the noise of the commercial jets, as high as they were, earlier after stopping.

After about 10 minutes the jet following the small white light was gone over the far horizon and I was looking for any other white lights when two more orange globes appeared briefly near the horizon that I had seen the white lights rise. They were the same color and shape but they were lower over the horizon than the first orange light. The lights came on in sequence, first the one closer to the mountain range, then when it went out in a few seconds another to its left came on immediately and also stayed on for only about 5 seconds. The lights had a distinct fat oval shape and clear definition. They didn't grow to oval shapes like a blast would but they simply appeared instantly and disappeared instantly. A few more minutes went by before I decided to continue on to the Little Ale-e-inn bar for a chat with anyone who would listen.

As I again drove slowly down highway 375 toward that bright star or planet I reached a higher point and to my right noticed a few red and white lights blinking on the horizon. This time the object seemed to be on the ground and could have been a small plan on a runway about 5 or so miles away. I kept on driving but shortly I was forced to stop again!Just to the left of the bright star or planet I noticed another very small white light that could have been a dim star except that it was moving in my direction and to my left at an angle away from the star. That didn't excite me but within a second or two after following its travel path, it became a bright orange globe, just as bright and exactly like the previous two. In about 5 seconds it disappeared and immediately another appeared just ahead of it. The instant the next light went out a third appeared just ahead of it too! Each light was exactly the same shape, size and coloration.

I pulled my car over as soon as possible and this time I turned my engine off thinking that I may stay stopped a while so I didn't miss anything. The first thing I noticed was a low humming sound that seemed to emanate from every direction. If I had the engine running I am sure I would have never heard the sound! In my imagination I thought the sound to resemble a high speed electric motor that had become frozen. The second thing I noticed in the direction of the first sightings about 15 or so miles away was a white glow like a large city gives off when you are far away in a very dark area. I thought that it could be Las Vegas lights but that city was at least 150 miles from my position. However Las Vegas is the brightest city anywhere and it was possible.

While at this stop I almost immediately noticed several little white lights, like the head of a pin that seemed to wander aimlessly in the sky on the right side of the highway. Most were pretty high up and a couple so faint i could only see them clearly when I looked at them with peripheral vision. In about 10 minutes I became anxious again to get to the bar and talk to anyone local about my sightings.

I arrived at the bar but the lights were out, nobody home. I drove a little bit farther, past the buildings and trailers untill I got to a wide dirt road. At the road I turned into I parked and got out because i was still curious and wanted to see more. I immediately noticed that the low hum was not there. I also couldn't see any moving white lights, only stars. About 5-8 miles away, down the dirt road toward area 51 I did spot a lot of vehicle lights that appeared to be on high beams. I had noticed no traffic before this time so I decided to move on in case they were base security.

Posted 2003-11-08

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