NUFORC Sighting 77556

Occurred: 2010-08-31 22:25 Local
Reported: 2010-09-01 00:02 Pacific
Duration: 2-3 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Sacramento, CA, USA

Shape: Rectangle
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

Translucent shimmering white soft edges rectangle wide as a the side of an AMTRAC train car.

Vitals: Clear skys 68 F0 and low humidity Approximately around 22:25 Pacific Standard time looking at the south sky (I do that every night walking my dog in the backyard) I noted this light traveling horizontal at a relative fast constant speed, guessing about 100- 300 MPH about 45 degrees from the ground traveling on a north east direction about less than 1000ft high.

Though I saw the UFO by Mather AFB (formerly an air force base) over extended right base heading west (by Capital Christian church) it cross over the flight pattern heading east. The shape of the object seem more like a comet's tail except it did not flare out like a comet, but more like long lengthy wavering shimmer of white. Not like a comet where the pattern trail is consistent. This object had waves as it traveled from south to north east. The closest shape would be a smooth long rectangular see through cloud that was traveling fast and keeping its shape too, Not a lenticular cloud. As private pilot and air crew in the air force, I have neve! r seen this type of cloud move so fast with a white shimmer contrasting with the black background, the night sky. In fact I have never seen this at all. It reminds me of a spirit like in the movies, but much longer than a C-5 Air craft.

I had time to take good look, around for clouds, other air craft's that are usually noisy, but this one did not have a noise or any sound. It did not leave a trail, but it did move relatively fast, faster than plane coming into Mather's flying pattern. In fact I was able to run to the second floor and look out the east window of the house and continued to observe it. I mention it to my wife who was also upstairs and we both quickly looked out the east window and saw it together. Although my wife is near sighted, she still was able to see a faint cloud like shape moving horizontal. The object disappeared with our neighborhood lights.

I can tell you what it's not: • an airplane or a jet at near idle speed coming for a landing • No navigational or landing lights • Not a helicopter • Not the Space Station in which we sometimes see it fly by • Smoke cloud. Smoke clouds do not move in that form • Not a lenticular cloud (see plenty of those at high altitude) I went back out and really looked at the sky and I thought I saw another faint object and it disappeared.

That is it and here I'm writting this!

Posted 2010-11-21