NUFORC Sighting 82689

Occurred: 2011-07-23 21:00 Local
Reported: 2011-07-24 01:32 Pacific
Duration: 45 min
No of observers: 2

Location: Yucaipa, CA, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Aircraft nearby

what appeared at first to be a pale yellow star, abruptly moved sideways and stopped over an oncoming jet airliner.

At 9 pm, I took my puppy out. While waiting for her I was scanning the sky, as the meteor shower is due to begin in the next few weeks. I noticed a pale yellow star as it suddenly moved sideways and stopped. A few seconds went by and a jet plane came in from the east rather low in preparation of landing at the Ontario or L A airport.

The object was over the plane and after the plane had passed under it, it suddenly moved sideways back to where I had first observed it. I started to go inside and get my friend to show him, but thought he would just say I was seeing things.

The object repeated the action two more times exactly when a jet plane was approaching from the east.

I finally decided to have him look at it and see what he thought. He saw it do the same thing and went into the front yard to watch it. He agreed it was strange and thought I should report it.

I checked on the object about 15 min. later and it was gone.

Posted 2011-08-07