NUFORC Sighting 08210

Occurred: 1999-07-01 22:00 Local
Reported: 1999-07-03 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 2-3 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Salida, CO, USA

Shape: Cigar
Characteristics: Aircraft nearby

Large cylindrical object steadily crossed the sky in the light of the moon.It did NOT display FAA blinking light.

Two of us were 10 miles east of Salida,CO at a rest area, lying flat on our backs atop a picnic table at a rest area watching the sky. A large object with no blinking lights (moon reflected off it) crossed the sky southwest. As it appeared to be taking it's time & clearly was not a plane, we grabbed video camera & camera with telephoto & doubler lenses... It approached the "bend" in the big dipper & then dissapeared. 35 mm film yet to be developed , but I got a perfect bead on it in the camera. The video appears to be too dark to see the object. Planes appeared in the area shortly after.

Posted 1999-07-05

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