NUFORC Sighting 86896

Occurred: 2012-01-27 20:00 Local
Reported: 2012-01-29 11:45 Pacific
Duration: 20 mins
No of observers: 2

Location: Lufkin, TX, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object

object hovering over defunct industrial factory

Distance - 250 yards looking west from the east side of facility Size - 20' Altitude - 60'-70' from ground Shape - oblong cylinder/cigar, object was a long horizontal light.

Industrial Factory - Latitude 31°21'28.93"N Longitude 94°40'32.02"W I was notified by my uncle of a light over the industrial factory at about 8pm. Bright white light hovering over one of the buildings. Stayed there for 20 mins before vanishing.

I live by this defunct facility. This is not the first light I have seen over it. (unreported as it was new years eve[midnight] and people were shooting off rockets although not where I saw the light hovering over the smoke stack and has not been there since) The ONLY lights the facility has are 2 red blinking lights atop the central smoke stack that is about 150'-175' tall. They are visible during day and night.

At first I wasn't sure of what my uncle was telling me about, he claimed it was a star. (my uncle has mental retardation and klinefelter's syndrome, to him it was just a star as he doesn't know the difference in stars, satellites, planets, or aircraft) So I decided since I had already seen an unidentified lighted object before that has since not returned I would investigate. I tried to tell him it was too large to be a star or planet as well too low to the ground. He went back inside and I walked out of my yard and stood by the factory's fence to observe, continued to watch the object for 20 minutes before it simply vanished.

Posted 2012-02-03

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