NUFORC Sighting 38273
Occurred: 1978-07-01 08:45 Local - ApproximateReported: 2004-07-23 09:22 Pacific
Duration: Only 4 or 5 seconds
No of observers: 4
Location: Fort Drum, NY, USA
Shape: Light
Large red light seen crossing the moon in a few seconds.
When I was about 8 or 9 years old my father was stationed at FT Drum New York.
My whole family seen it, so not just me.
It was a summer night and we where all outside on the patio relaxing.
Then... this thing had to be big, really big as it looked like a red dot that went across the moon. It was not a Comet or an Asteroid as it had no tail and honestly moved to slow to be either of the two in my opinion.
As a note the light was solid, it did not blink and was the color of a traffic light.
It was going the speed or looked the same way a plane looks crossing the sky.
It appears slow but in fact is going 100's of miles an hour.
Now the fact it crossed the moon in about 4 seconds is very fast indeed.
I can not even begin to speculate on the speed.
I made a small animation of what it looked like. I have never seen anything else since then even though I looked constantly with my telescope and moon map I got that Christmas. I am now 34 years old. LOL! Thanks ((name deleted))
NUFORC Note:
Date is approximate. PD
Posted 2004-07-25
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