NUFORC Sighting 70830

Occurred: 2009-07-03 22:20 Local
Reported: 2009-07-03 20:42 Pacific
Duration: 30 seconds
No of observers: 0

Location: Murfreesboro, TN, USA

Shape: Unknown
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object

Strange light/flame over Murfreesboro, TN

I was sitting out on my patio tonight, in Murfreesboro, TN, and I was up looking at the stars and planes as they fly across the sky. I looked up, and saw what I first thought was a low flying plane going through the clouds. The reason for this is because there seemed to be a bright light with a ring around it, like a headlight looks going through the fog. As it got closer, I realized it that the light looked more like a flame than a light. It's hard to describe, but it was an orange light that seemed to change shapes as it went, and changed positions. If you can imagine a small circle, it was almost like the light was going in a circular motion, but again, changing shapes like a flame. The next thing I thought of was a hot air balloon, but again, it was going way too fast for a hot air balloon, but that is what it looked like. Almost like a flame flying up inside a balloon. This object was flying lower than the clouds that were out. I literally watched it appear in the sky above the house next to me, and then walked to the side of my house to watch it continue as it disappeared behind the tree line, which is about a mile from my house. I sit out on my patio many nights a week, and I have never seem anything like this before. Like I said earlier, it almost appeared to be a hot air balloon from underneath, but again, traveling about the same speed I see planes flying after taking off my Nashville International Airport. It also appeared to fly underneath another plane that was well up in the sky, I am guessing around 25,000 - 30,000 feet. I'm not kidding, it literally flew directly underneath it. If they were flying at the same altitude, they would have hit each other. It appeared to fly at a level low enough, that if it were a regular single engine plane, I would have heard a noise, but I didn't hear a thing. I was also listening to some music on my computer, turned down low so that it wouldn't have covered up any aircraft noise, and I never experienced any electrical probl! ems. It flew on a straight path from east to west. I didn't see anything coming out of it, or any light beams radiating from it at all. I am guessing at the height it appeared to be at, which was around 5,000 feet, it traveled numerous miles in a matter of less than 30 seconds. Not sure what else to say, other than I hope someone else saw the same thing.

Posted 2009-08-05