NUFORC Sighting 05581

Occurred: 1999-02-14 18:20 Local
Reported: 1999-02-14 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 30 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Lewisville Lake (SE) (North of Dallas), TX, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Changed Color, Aircraft nearby

Saw two luminous lights changing color from white to redish to blue as they got larger and brighter then dimming to white - one ascending and the other descending and appearing to land to the west

Looking towards the sunset -- orange whispy clouds some turning gray. Took out my binoculars(10x50 - 341ft.at 1000 yds.) to look at the sunset and saw silouettes of aircraft coming into DFW Airport -- approximately 10 miles to the southwest. All aircraft have very identifiable fuselage and lights. Suddenly, I spotted a light at about 3 degrees above the horizon between two long cloud banks in the west. It remained stationary for about 5 minutes as silouettes of small craft an large airliners past in front of it. I could not see it with the naked eyes. It slowly began to drift to the north then rose at a 45 degree angle for another 5 minutes. It would drift through the clouds only slightly dimming. There were three distinct thin cloud bands with clear sky in between. It appeared to be a luminous soft light that would suddenly brighten and get larger with a shimmering effect. This would last about 2-3 seconds and then it would get smaller and at times disappear for a second. Most of the time it was smaller and white having a redish or bluish luminescence sweep over it. When it was brighter and larger the colors would be more obvious. It appeared as if it were floating -- wobbling a bit and shifting to the north then back to the south faster than when it rose. After about ten minutes, it had risen to about 4 degrees above horizon. I then spotted another one just like it above it and to the north at about 5 degrees above the horizon. This one appeared to be brighter or closer. I looked back for first light and it had disappeared. The second light was stationary and "luminescing" in the same manner getting brighter and dimmer for 5 minutes and then it began to descend very slowly at at 45 degree angle toward the south. I spotted the second one at about 18:32 and watched it descend to the horizon until 18:49. My guess is that it was probably 15+ miles away which would put it around Argyle or further west? I frequently watch the sunset out at the lake and have seen similar light before in November of 1998. They! are in no way similar to airliner headlights or helicopter lights. I noted both Venus and Jupiter as they appeared (after the lights appeared) and they were not twinkling or glowing with colors due to atmosphere - bright and white. The thin clouds were all to the west -- the rest of the sky was clear.

Posted 1999-04-02

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