NUFORC UFO Sighting 144062

Occurred: 1949-08-15 20:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2018-12-14 22:54 Pacific
Duration: 1 minute
No of observers: 1

Location: Wilmington, DE, USA

Shape: Cylinder

I was ascending a external staircase from our basement. Suddenly above me in the evening dark sky, a very large, wide cylinder appeared momentarily. I moved from my right to my left as I looked up.

Also, this wide bright orange wide cylinder ballooned outward on both sides, then returned to its wide cylinder shape and suddenly faded out. It took only a moment it seemed to me, was gone as suddenly as it appeared. There were no marks or details obvious. It was an orange glow in shape I have described... Appeared and gone in a moment. I encountered my father on our porch and he did not report to me that he had seen the event. This is a long time ago and I cannot very well recall that we remarked to each other in detail.

Posted 2019-01-04