NUFORC Sighting 11853

Occurred: 2000-01-20 22:10 Local
Reported: 2000-02-02 00:00 Pacific
Duration: within a 15 sec. span
No of observers: 2

Location: Houston (Clear Lake Area), TX, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object

Observed two triangular (side by side) profiled object during eclipse..

While my daughter and I were observing the the Lunar eclipse we were surprise to see an unusual object flying high above and away from us. My daughter described seeing two bright lights side by side but I had the better view with my binoculars (7 x 35) and saw two triangular sets of lights side by side. The lights were amber and blue and making this even more odd was that there was no sound coming from the object. The object appeared to glide through the sky in a southeasterly path above the Clear-Lake area and then make a left-sideway motion towards the Johnson Space Center. Coincedentally, shortly after our experience I noticed two military jets (coming from the general direction of where I last saw the object) preparing to land at Ellington Air Field.

Posted 2000-02-16