NUFORC UFO Sighting 183930

Occurred: 2024-11-07 16:00 Local
Reported: 2024-11-08 20:16 Pacific
Duration: 30 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Petaluma, CA, USA
Location details: Seen from a large open field dog park. No trees, phone lines, or other obstructions.

Shape: Cylinder
Color: Bright white
Estimated Size: 100ft long
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: West
Angle of Elevation: 80
Closest Distance: 20,000ft - 25,000ft
Estimated Speed: 100mph
Characteristics: Aircraft nearby

A slow moving cylinder either emitting white light or highly reflective shimmer.

I was in a dog park at the time. The park is a wide open field with no trees or any other objects obstructing the sky until you hit the hills on the horizon. There were no clouds and no wind. I let my dog off his leash and I took a nice stretch of my back and arms while looking up at the sky.

I saw a very bright white cylinder as long as the width of my thumb high above me, slowly moving west towards the Pacific Ocean. At first I thought it was an airplane reflecting the sunlight back at me. However I noticed there were no wings visible and no contrails. Looking around the sky, I could see 3 other airplanes clearly all having contrails and zero light reflection. This object either has to be solidly emitting extremely bright light, or, somehow catching the sunlight and reflecting it like a polished mirror. It didn't make a sound that I could hear. It was moving at an even pace, slow enough the it would take a minute or so before it would reach the hills on the horizon. I watched it for about 30 seconds. I glanced down to see where my dog was who was 10 feet in front of me. I looked right back up and it was gone. I couldn't find it anywhere in the sky and when I looked away it had quite a way to go before passing the horizon.

A few minutes later I asked another guy who was with his dog at the park if he saw the same thing. He said the object just vanished "in the blink of an eye". Both of us were impressed by what we saw, but it didn't shock us. Talking for a bit, turns out we both have seen other objects in the sky that are unexplainable in our lifetimes.

Posted 2024-11-09