NUFORC Sighting 180292

Occurred: 2024-02-05 06:28 Local
Reported: 2024-02-05 08:21 Pacific
Duration: approximately 5 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Omaha, NE, USA

Shape: Formation
Color: white lights
Estimated Size: all lights were the same size as star in the sky
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: south southwest then turning to the southeast.
Angle of Elevation: 45
Closest Distance: not sure exactly
Estimated Speed: slightly faster than a low flying jet or plane

V formation of lights moving rapidly from the southwest and then turning southeast towards Offutt AFB.

Around 6:30am CT today 2/5/2024, I was right outside my front door on the walkway. I was outside just to see what the weather was like at that time and was walking back to the front door when I saw a v formation of lights. The lights came into view suddenly just past the southwest corner of my house. There were 5 lights in an unequal formation. The left side of the formation had one light, then one light at the center point or tip of the v, and the right side of the v had the other 3 lights. The lights were about as bright as a star you would see in the night sky. The lights did not blink or flash at all, they remained solid. The formation moved very rapidly, slightly faster than a low flying jet, but made no sound. The formation moved across the sky from approximately the south, southwest and then turning slightly to the southeast before going out of view. The direction the object turned towards was in the direction of Offutt AFB. When the object turned to the right, all of the lights turned with it, as though they were lights on a wing.

I had thought at first that the formation was low flying plane from Offutt, as we do occasionally get low flying planes similar to the WC-135R in shape and size. However, this did not make any noise and disappeared from view before it reached the horizon. Typically, when a plane from Offutt, or any other plane, flies overhead I can continue to watch it until it reaches the horizon. The way the formation appeared and disappeared, was similar to how the international space station is visible when it is able to be viewed in my area. Only showing briefly, for a few seconds to a minute, then disappearing never making it to the horizon. However, the international space station does not turn and does not move as fast as a low flying plane in the sky.

Posted 2024-02-15