NUFORC Sighting 82608

Occurred: 2011-07-20 22:13 Local
Reported: 2011-07-20 22:39 Pacific
Duration: 30 seconds
No of observers: 3

Location: Casper, WY, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object

Object traveled across sky, rapidly accelerated, and disappeared.

I was with my father and brother in the driveway of the ranch where I work. It is located just south of Casper, Wyoming.

We were looking at the stars because it was a particularly clear night. The three of us noticed a point of light, equivalent to a bright star, moving across the sky. In my estimation, it traveled 30 degrees of arc in approximately 30 seconds as we watched. It is difficult to gauge its distance from us but we heard no noise from it. It was travelling in an approximately northward direction, and in the north half of the sky. My father looked away at this point, but my brother and I continued to watch. As the object approached the area of Polaris, we saw it brighten, accelerate, and disappear all within a few moments.

The regularity of its behavior indicates that the object was a craft of some sort. The fact that the object very quickly accelerated and vanished leads me to believe that it was travelling at a rate of speed greater th! an those possible by any known means.

Posted 2011-08-07