NUFORC Sighting 16514

Occurred: 2001-02-14 01:00 Local
Reported: 2001-02-17 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 30 mins
No of observers: 3

Location: Austin, TX, USA

Shape: Changing
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Left a trail, Changed Color, Electrical or magnetic effects

two others and I saw a number of lights in the sky

A friend and I were driving back to Austin from Lockhart on Highway 183 heading north when we saw a small "group of lights". We acknowledged the lights for only a second at first, until they got so bright we pulled over. It was one'o clock in the morning but the lights were so bright we could see all around us like it way day. When we pulled over another car parked and watched with us. Then our car radio began making this noise, not at all like static, but a banging frequency sound is the only way to describe it. There were about four to six of them, hovering the sky above us. They were vey small but were very bright. They were red at when still but a whiteish-blue when moving. They had no particular shape to them, round when still and flat when moving. They "whistled" when they moved, a very high pitched sound. They were so close at one time we had to cover our ears because of the sound. They were flying in all angles, speeding and stopping freely. They had no particular formation but they stayed in a close group. Lights shot out from them that looked like it was behind them but wasnt. They stayed directly above us, and it was strange because we were the only part of the area that was lit up. This lasted for about half an hour then they shot across the sky and vanished.

Posted 2001-02-18