NUFORC Sighting 08678
Occurred: 1999-08-15 21:45 LocalReported: 1999-08-15 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 5-10 seconds
No of observers: 0
Location: Huntington Beach, CA, USA
Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aircraft nearby
A ball of light at a distance of approx. 1/2 to 1 mile moving at high speed with extremely exagerated lateral and vertical motions that disapeared out of sight very rapidly.
Urban setting, there was a military (hard chopping) helicopter at lower than normal altitude moving at what seemed to be a odd and erratic flight pattern, that is what made me look up. The object was low on the horizon. As I write this now I can hear several loud aircraft in the background out my window. The object had no distinguishable characteristics other than being a ball of light, if I were to guess at the size of the object, I would say that it was probably the size of a large or medium sized helicopter. What caught my attention was the speed and VERY sudden accelerations and changes of trajecory that it made. I have seen many military craft flying at different altitudes and none of them ever approached this level of speed and directional change. At this moment I can see no less than 3 helicopters out my window.
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NUFORC Note:
For video footage of the New Mexico event, captured by the Sandia National Laboratory sky camera in Albuquerque, please see the following URL:
http://www.cs.sandia.gov/SEL/apps/energy/meteor.htm
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Posted 2002-07-01
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