NUFORC Sighting 15813

Occurred: 2000-01-01 03:30 Local
Reported: 2001-01-07 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 2 hours
No of observers: 2

Location: Nellis AFB (Near), NV, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Changed Colo

stars that seem to move in an unstar-like manner.....

After watching the "lame" New Years eve celebration that rang in the new century on the "strip", my husband (Boyfriend at the time) and I decided to take a drive out into the desert to set up a tent and "see area 51" we drove to Mercury, right were the guard shack is for the AFB. We had not drank any alcohol for many hours prior to our seeing what follows, so I KNOW it wasn't a hallucination. We stopped tha car and looked up into the night sky and noticed that the stars were moving. We set up some lawn chairs and watched the "stars" until we were run off and threatened by Air Force guys in an unmarked car. (we played dumb and said we were just wanting a romantic spot to snuggle and this seemed to make them a little more relaxed.) these "stars" would shoot up and down and left to right in what can best be described as a "zig Zag" pattern. We then went about 5 miles up the highway (West?) and then set up the tent, watching the stars "play" until dawn when they seemed to stop moving.

Posted 2001-02-18