NUFORC Sighting 60337

Occurred: 2007-12-10 19:00 Local
Reported: 2007-12-12 16:00 Pacific
Duration: 15 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Lula, GA, USA

Shape: Unknown
Characteristics: Lights on object, Left a trail

Flashing object with tail directly above NE Georgia

My brother originally witnessed the object from Commerce, GA and called me to take a look at it. I was in Lula, GA at the time. I observed it with a pair of Nikon 7X35 binoculars. I originally thought it was that comet that was visible a few weeks ago and passed it off as that, but my brother then told me over the phone that there was a light intermittently flashing with no apparent frequency or pattern. After 10-15 minutes of watching I concluded that it was definitely not an airplane or satellite. The object didn't appear to be moving in a straight direction and looked to me as if it was actually moving away from Earth. I did see the flashing light (white) and the 'tail' was shaped similar to a comma. As you can tell by my lack of reference points in regards to constellations or stars, I'm not an astronomer, however I am certain the object had to be some sort of rocket or a freak natural phenomena (but that doesn't explain the flashing light). Pretty exciting really! My brother watched it for about 30-45 minutes.

NUFORC Note:

Missile venting fuel in space. PD

Posted 2008-03-04