NUFORC Sighting 83445

Occurred: 2011-08-13 07:00 Local
Reported: 2011-08-25 22:05 Pacific
Duration: under 5 min
No of observers: 1

Location: Leavenworth, WA, USA

Shape: Cylinder
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Left a trail

Unusually short vapor trail

7:00 am Aug 13th, 2011, 10 miles north of Leavenworth, WA, near Lake Wenatchee and Fish Lake.

While out for a morning bike ride to photo graph the meadow at our camp ground in order to capture the morning mist as it sat atop the grass. It was lovely.

I noticed a short thick vapor trail moving slowly and low across the northwestern horizon. As is slowly moved just above the tree line I tried to figure out if it was a plane or something else.

I began to go through the process of deduction in regards to if it was a plane, why was there a vapor trail and why did it not look like the typical trail a plane would leave, which is usually when their dumping fuel.

I had my camera out, an Olympus E510 with a 150mm lense. I was able to snap off 3 shots before it moved out of view behind the tree line. I attempted to enlarge the shot, but could only see a blur of what appeared to be a cylindrical shape and appeared silver in color.

Still not sure, but it just did not look like the typical passenger jet or any other type of jet, military or other.

Posted 2011-10-10

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