NUFORC Sighting 14938

Occurred: 2000-10-24 20:45 Local
Reported: 2000-11-17 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 10 min.
No of observers: 1

Location: Gila Bend, AZ, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

black squat triangle - no lights - emiting smoke like dark mist

I had just begun viewing the stars that night sitting S. of our house on our rural 5 acres away from the house lights. Facing south I surveyed the sky looking up & around at various areas of the sky. Bringing my head back around to the S. facing direction, I was surprised to see a darker space ahead of me about 200 ft. high & less than 3 miles away. I determined it was a solid object by the fact it was blocking out the few stars I had seen in that direction. It appeared to be a triangle shape that was wider that the height of it's apex. There were no lights - the sharpest edges were hard to focus on, they seemed to have a black smoke swirling around them. After just a few minutes it moved away farther to S. in instantly shifting positions.

Posted 2000-12-02