NUFORC Sighting 73256

Occurred: 2009-11-11 18:00 Local
Reported: 2009-11-11 18:21 Pacific
Duration: 35 sec
No of observers: 2

Location: Marysville, WA, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object

Bright Light - High Flyer moving at very high speed making W shaped turns without slowing.

My wife and I witnessed a bright light moving from SW to NE over the mountains to the east of us from our back yard. I am a 9 year Army Helicopter Crewchief Vet from the Persian gulf and have worked in aviation at Boeing for 15 yrs and grew up working at my cousins airfield so I feel I have been exposed to our capabilities and what we saw is outside of what I would consider possible with our technology.

Never in combat nor training have I seen a craft move at this speed with the exception of our own space missions when visible from the ground. . It was approx 3 - 4 miles up moving at about mach 3 or greater. The thing that made me interested and know this was not a fighter nor NASA project was the fact that it started making zigzag's in a continuous perfect W form for about 30 seconds without slowing and then made a 90 degree turn to the east and shot straight up until the light became so small in size it was no longer visible.

We heard absolutely no sound but at it's height I did not expect to hear anything.

Posted 2009-12-12