NUFORC Sighting 11363

Occurred: 1999-12-01 21:45 Local
Reported: 1999-12-11 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 4-5 min
No of observers: 2

Location: Columbia, MO, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object

i saw 3 very bright lights coming toward us at very fast rate of speed. they were coming out of the south when it slowed down and dropped its altitude.

we were driving down highway-63 when i looked just to the right of my car,when I saw 3 extremely brights.The lights were coming toward us at a very fast rate of speed.The lights were about 800-1000 ft. in the sky when we first them.As the lights got closer we quickly realized this was not airplane or helicopter.As it approached highway-63 we noticed it had dropped down to about 50-60 ft.above the highway.It then made an extremely slow turn to the east,but when it made this turn it also flipped completely to its right side of the craft.Never turning back to its original position,the craft moved across the highway at about 30-40 mph.until it disappeared behind the tree line on the edge of a field. The craft was a triangular object that had 3 very bright lights It had 1 light on each corner of the triangle.The lights were a bright white or yellow.It also had a circular object in the center of the triangle,it looked to be a window or door of some kind.Possibly even another light that was not illuminated.The craft also had 2 rods or poles that protruded out of the front of the craft.They also seemed to be lights,but also were not illuminated.The craft was approximately 60-70 ft.long.We saw this craft just on the south-east side of Columbia,MO at about 9:45pm on dec. 1,1999.

Posted 1999-12-16