NUFORC Sighting 82494

Occurred: 2011-07-13 22:29 Local
Reported: 2011-07-15 18:55 Pacific
Duration: 10 min
No of observers: 4

Location: Watkins Glen, NY, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Color, Aircraft nearby

three lights in the night sky over upstate NY moving erratically and very quickly

We received a call from my sister, quite excited and agitated, saying that she was following some UFO lights. I was very concerned and asked her son and my son and one of our nephews to drive with me to find her, mostly to make sure she was all right since she was all alone driving in the dark. We left Watkins Glen and turned up the hill on Rt. 79 at its intersection with Rt. 227. Once we reached the top of the ridge, my son who was driving and our nephew who was in the front seat of the van started yelling that they were seeing something, and my sister’s son joined them in the front and also started spotting these lights.

I am older and don’t see as well at night as they do, but I did move to the front of the van to see. I could make out three lights moving much faster and more erratically than any plane or helicopter could, traveling first in the sky over Ithaca ahead of us (due east) and then whipping around to swing in the sky to our left, which would be northeast. Their movements were unpredictable, very swift, and jerky. The lights I saw seemed to have a reddish-amber cast alternating with a yellow-white color. They were very far away and very high in the sky.

I am president and owner (with my husband) of an editorial services firm, college-educated, in my late 50s. I do not seek after paranormal or other-worldly events and was only along on this ride because I wanted to make sure my sister was all right. Though I definitely did see something that was not like anything I had seen in the sky before, I have no theories about what those lights might have been nor am I in a big hurry to find out.

NUFORC Note:

Please see other two reports from Watkins Glen for this date. We spoke with one of the witnesses via telephone, and we found her to be exceptionally objective and eloquent in her description of her sighting. PD

Posted 2011-07-17