NUFORC Sighting 171309

Occurred: 2022-08-21 21:15 Local
Reported: 2022-08-21 22:13 Pacific
Duration: 25-30 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Clovis, CA, USA
Location details: Cassiopeia in W shape, right side heading E to ENE

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Aircraft nearby, Electrical or magnetic effects

Pulsing white light, flies like an aircraft but at insane speed for the apparent altitude, then vanishes in a bright flash.

Sitting on back porch around 2115, on Aug 21, 2022, in Clovis ,California, watching the sky, relaximg as I do most evenings. I see movement and look toward Cassiopeia, which is in the W shape tonight. On the right arm, headiing E to ENE, I see what struck me as a craft. I thought airplane at first, but the speed was just nuts. I got the inpression it was at high altitude--there was no sound, not even delayed jet noise. It did not have red/green flashers like you see on the fuselage and wings of planes; the craft was just white light that seemed to pulse slightly. I honestly couldn't tell if it was emitting light or reflecting it because of the pulsing.

The light flew on a straight path, eastwardly, at a high rate of speed. I never lost aight of it, even though I got the impression it was moving away from my position rapidly. From where I was sitting, the plane moved downward in my view, from the sky toward the mountains in the distance, as it was heading away frim me. Then, out of nowhere, just above the top of the mountains (from my seated view), a bright flash occurred directly in the flight path of the light craft and it dossapeared into the flash. The flash lasted about a second or less, like a hole opened up, or a portal of some kind, just long enough for the craft to enter and close up again.

I came in the house, a little shook. Put on some actual clothes, instead of my bathrobe, and went back out at 2130. I saw two fighter jets racing toward where I saw the flash. They circled around a few times, like they were looking for what I saw.

I came back in, told my wife, and looked online for ways to report what I saw.

Funny! I just scrolled down to answer your additional questions and saw this: There were electrical or magnetic effects, such as a car engine stopping.

About 5-10 minutes before my sighting, the power in the house flickered 3 times. It was like the whole house just hiccuped, not like s traditional outage experience. Didn't think that might be related, but there you go.

Posted 2022-09-09