NUFORC Sighting 73349

Occurred: 2009-11-17 04:10 Local
Reported: 2009-11-17 13:24 Pacific
Duration: 5 to 10 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Albuquerque, NM, USA

Shape: Chevron
Characteristics: Lights on object

Saw a chevron of lights moving from north to south while watching for the Leonid meteor shower.

Early on the morning of Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 I woke up early in order to go outside and catch a glimpse of the Leonid meteor shower. I bundled up and went outside.

A few minutes later my eyes had acclimated to the dark but I hadn’t seen any shooting stars. I had swept the sky a couple of times in order to avoid missing any. When I turned from the east and was facing almost due west, I looked straight up and something caught my eye. I saw one meteor and then something else.

When I focused on it I saw a total of five dim dots, perhaps lights, arranged in a V, or chevron. I could not tell their altitude so determining speed is nearly impossible. They were moving from the north to the south in a very smooth and straight line. I watched them/it for about five to ten seconds before the ambient light from the city made them/it disappear.

I heard nothing. I looked around a bit longer in the hopes of seeing something else, but eventually got too cold and went! back inside.

Posted 2009-12-12