NUFORC Sighting 87143

Occurred: 2012-02-11 19:30 Local
Reported: 2012-02-11 19:36 Pacific
Duration: 30-45 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Fairdealing, KY, USA

Shape: Unknown
Characteristics: Lights on object

Single object with 4 white lights flashing in right to left sequence in somewhat straight line

I had stepped outside after dinner to smoke. It was clear, very cold cloudless night and being in rural area with no street lights there is excellent view of stars.

Standing on my front walk and looking approx. due west (275' confirmed through google earth) at patch of sky through a wide gap through stand of trees there was one star that stood out on top left of gap and was very bright but clearly a star.

No sooner had I looked at that star that I then noticed a flashing white light that was moving to the upper right of the gap and disappearing behind tree limbs and out of sight. I assumed it was a small plane but no noise.

The 'plane' then immediately moved into the upper middle of the gap (moved down and to left in diagonal)and showed to be 4 white lights in a somewhat single, level row that were flashing across from right to left. It was then that I thought to myself that I had never seen a plane move that way or have that kind of light display.

No sooner had I thought that to myself, the object then quickly moved up and to the left to the top left side of the gap, lights still flashing in same manner. It then moved to the right horizontally, lights still flashing. The object then moved to right and up.

Knowing that this was something very unusual, I ran into house to grab camera and ran back outside. On the way through I told my wife to come outside and take a look at these strange lights. Took approx. 12 secs or so to get back outside but by this time the object was gone or at very least had shut off lights.

I would estimate that this object was within 5 miles of my viewing location (not Fairdealing... that is approx location of object from my location) but I never saw object, only it's lights which were bright white and flashing and no noise. I see and hear small planes, helicopters, commercial and military in sky here all the time. This object I have no good explanation for.

I have a college degree in the sciences and consider myself level-headed and observant. This event happened just as I have described.

Posted 2012-03-13