NUFORC Sighting 12477

Occurred: 2000-03-29 20:00 Local
Reported: 2000-03-29 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 20 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Reno/Carson City (between), NV, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

Fuzzy circle of light with blue and yellow tinges, about 25% the size of a full moon. Sighted in the SSE, stationary, 1/2 way between horizon and zenith. It descended slowly, straight down behind horizon.

Seen from car driving south on U.S. 395 half-way between Reno and Carson city. The object was not sharply outlined, was glowing white with tinges of yellow and blue. Driver: 50-year-old RN female. Principal observer: 12-year-old boy. Observers' attention had not been drawn to object immediately. Object was stationary in sky. After it became an object of attention, it was seen to SLOWLY drop at a steady rate in a slightly curved line downwards, disappearing behind the hilly horizon line.

Posted 2000-04-01