NUFORC Sighting 168487

Occurred: 2018-10-18 02:30 Local
Reported: 2022-06-07 04:07 Pacific
Duration: 4 hrs
No of observers: 2

Location: Jacksonville, FL, USA
Location details: Far western border of county line. Whitehouse FL

Shape: Other
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Left a trail

Extremely bright object glowed, shimmered and ejected coma within a regular cycle.

On or about 10/18/2018, between 1:30 and 2 AM, my wife and I were sitting on the back porch. No alcohol or drugs. Life long Florida residents, experienced with standard launch Southern views.
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Shannon noticed a very bright object in the eastern horizon, just above the treeline. "What the @#&$ is that?" The object was ascending slowly with no sign of typical FL launch sightings. It's size compared slightly larger than Venus, and grew magnitudes smaller over the course of the morning. Estimate of 4 hrs time.

The object began to appear as though it were shimming in a triangular fashion, as though it were in 3 spaces at once. Well creating an inky pool or clouds from the already black sky. Visible current of this pool flowed orderly to the object. It would stop shimming and begin to eject coma in multiple points, growing in length many times it's related size in the sky. Something to the image of eyelashes and even the tear duct of the eye pointing west.

As we continue to observe I had attempted to get an image of the phenomenon. Armed with an outdated, cheap phone of the time. No images of anything telling could be produced. I attempted to draw what I was experiencing, and asked Shannon to describe what she was seeing. She viewed my post-it notes and said "Yes, That's what I see too."

It was regular and rhythmic in it's cycling. With each ejection, growing more distant, less noticeable and fewer details. It ascended into Orion and we were left with a memory of an event that could not be shared without fear of judgement.

Now with the current social consciousness and understanding I feel at least compelled to share the event for the record of history. It's validity unquestioned by us, though left to the reader to except or decline within their own consciousness.
Jeffery

Posted 2022-06-22