NUFORC Sighting 33248

Occurred: 2003-11-19 21:45 Local
Reported: 2003-11-20 01:52 Pacific
Duration: 10 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Austin, TX, USA

Shape: Light

They were all the same magnitude brightness and not one object.

While travelling west on Davis Lane before turning north on Brodie Lane in southeast Austin,Tx, I noticed a very bright starlike light to my south-southwest. It appeared to be moving toward me at a reasonable rate of speed, comparable to a jet. It did not have any flashing wing lights or any color lights other than just being a bright white light. I really thought it was just a jet coming towards me on some sort of route to the Austin Bergstrom International Airport. We are in that flight path for some approaches. I was amazed at how big and bright it was. It was not high in the sky but over the horizon by about 2 to 3 degrees. I lost sight of it. I then turned north on Brodie Lane, headed to work. As I topped the little hill before entering the valley to my work, I noticed 5 bright white lights over what appeared to be downtown Austin. I could see the capitol building and the lights were above and to the left, making it generally to the north of my position. Three lights were in a triangular pattern with the legs being about the width of 4 fingers held at arms length. If you look at an equilateral triangle, the other 2 lights were in line with the bottom of the triangle and to the right (east) about a finger's width, held at arms length. All the lights did not appear to be moving. The 2 lights to the left were all in line with the bottom of the triangle. I lost sight of them as I continued north. They were rather bright and all of about the same magnitude. I called the airport police when I got to work and they said they had not had any other reports, at least tonight. They said they have been getting several reports all month. They said they would pass it along to the FAA. They told me to contact your group. Anyway, as I lost sight of the lights, I did notice a jet generally travelling from the south towards the lights. I could not say if it was a military or commercial jet.

Posted 2003-11-26