NUFORC Sighting 30528

Occurred: 2003-08-04 20:15 Local
Reported: 2003-08-04 22:09 Pacific
Duration: 3 Minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Seattle (south of, in Normandy Park), WA, USA

Shape: Cigar

We saw a cigar shaped object flying at the cloud level maintaing constant speed North to South

Hi, We were walking our dog about 8:15PM and saw a cigar shaped object flying at the cloud level -- it went in and out of the clouds maintaing constant speed. It moved roughly from the North to the South. We saw it move for several minutes and it was clearly visible there were no wings or tail fins. It was about 20 times as long as it was wide. There was absoutlely no sound. Aircraft later at the same height we were able to hear. There were no trails or lights. The sun was glaring to setting so we had a good look.

NUFORC Note:

We wonder whether the witnesses might have observed a contrail behind a high-flying jet aircraft, although that is a guess. It is not uncommon that aircraft at cruising altitude cannot be heard by witnesses on the ground, we observe. PD

Posted 2003-08-28