NUFORC Sighting 03496

Occurred: 1997-10-01 09:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 1998-04-27 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Charlotte, NC, USA

Shape: Cigar

Cigar shaped, silvery-white object @ 500-1,00' up, in a clear blue, cloudless sky. Object was silent, immobile, and when I glanced down and then up (2 sec.) it disappeared.

It was morning, around 9 AM while I was going to work. I had stopped at a red light and glanced upward to see a cigar shaped object, @ 500-1000" up, could not tell how big this was, perhaps 100" in length. It was very silvery, almost white, with the sun glinting on it. There were no markings, as would be on an airplane. No windows, no doors, no colors, no wings or fin. It was completely stationary. I stared at it for several seconds, trying to make out if it was an airplane. It was completely silent and not moving at all. I then glanced down to shift gears, then looked back up. It was gone. This glancing down could not have taken more than 2 secs and when I looked up, it was gone. I frantically searched the sky for it, thinking if it was an airplane it could have moved. It was no where to be seen. The sky was cloudless and bright blue. Never found it again.

Posted 1999-01-28