NUFORC Sighting 42398

Occurred: 1999-01-23 07:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2005-02-25 13:51 Pacific
Duration: 1-2 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Ocala, FL, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object

bright lights in front of the dark body of the object with perhaps windows over the lights

I am not exactly sure of the shape. There were bright lights in front of what appeared to be the body of the plane or object, and perhaps windows.

My husband and I were on our way to Gainesville, Florida, on our morning commute at the time. I thought I could see a wing of the plane or ship behind the lights, but my husband could not tell. It was hard to tell the exact shape. It began as a bright light in the early morning distant sky, which we thought was just an aircraft.

Suddenly it started moving towards us and came right over the top of our car, and stayed very briefly, then took off. There was no noticeable noise. I kept wondering if anyone else on the road with us could see the thing.

I called the FAA in Atlanta, I believe, and they recommended I call air traffic control in Jacksonville to see if anything had been reported. No one offered any explanation.

I have never seen anything like this again. I mentioned this experience to someone I was working with at the time, and she told me she had seen a very similar object over a shopping center in Boca Raton one evening. I would just like an exlanation for what we saw, if that is possible.

My husband and I are both baby boomers, in our late fifties, or early sixties, and while we do enjoy science fiction, we are not making this up. We are both college educated, and we just do not understand what we saw.

My husband felt at the time this must have been a military test plane, but the way this object moved, I just don't think so.

NUFORC Note:

Witness indicates that date of sighting is approximate. PD

Posted 2005-05-24