NUFORC Sighting 172678

Occurred: 2022-07-04 22:00 Local
Reported: 2022-10-31 20:50 Pacific
Duration: approx. 10-13seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Ogden, UT, USA
Location details: backyard faces the mountain, Hill AFB on the right, and Ben Lomond peak on the left.

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object

Fast moving object that flew over Hill AFB to Ben Lomond Peak in >10 seconds, and made an abnormal 90-Deg hard turn without slowing

Event:
I was watching fireworks on the back porch with my wife and dogs, and noticed a single fast moving green light traveling from my point of view right to left horizontally that blinked approximately every two seconds, and flew from the direction of Hill AFB (South), and was headed towards Ben Lomond Peak (North). This object flew that distance (approx. 26miles) in less than 10 seconds with zero sound (in between fireworks going off(quiet enough to hear a jet)), no afterburner, and made a HARD 90-degree turn East without slowing down at all. I missed it performing the turn because I was going for my phone to record it(looked away for <1 second), but after I noticed that it disappeared, my wife and I looked at each other and said "What the F*** was that?!?!", and she said "did you see that thing turn without slowing down!?".

Personal Background:
Served in the Air Force for several years where I worked on various fighters, and deployed with them. I've heard all types of airframe flying insanely fast on station and while deployed, but nothing in my years of service topped how fast, and how mind blowing quiet this "thing" flew at the altitude it was at (just above the mountains).

Abnormalities:
1) An aircraft that would have been flying the direction this "light" was, would have had a red light on the left wing, and green light on the right wing. Even the F-35 which is stationed at Hill AFB is designed this way, and is not uncommon to see/hear them flying around clear as day in the night time. The wing tip lights are small, bright, and distinguishable, but this "light" was circular, only green, had an odd glare to it, and was fairly large.

2) In between flashes we could not see anything at all, and only knew something was there by the flashing green light. The "light" was flying above the mountains to the East of us, and had the back drop of the sky, so we should have been able to see something.

3) I checked flight radars that night, and the only thing that was flying remotely close was a Cessna that we could see flying towards Ben Lomond Peak, and had a flight path going towards Wyoming.

4) I checked Hill AFB website, and the only flights scheduled were for several F-35s that were supposed to fly over Utah on 3 July the day prior.

Posted 2022-12-22