NUFORC Sighting 33213

Occurred: 2003-11-06 19:50 Local
Reported: 2003-11-18 09:52 Pacific
Duration: one minute
No of observers: 0

Location: Reno, NV, USA

Shape: Circle

Bright white disc of light the size of a full moon approximately shot straight up into the sky & disapeared in less than 1 sec.

At 7:45 p.m., I went outside to my back yard (in the northwest foothills above the city of Reno) to have a cigarette before my room-mate and I watched "Survivor" at 8 p.m. It was a clear sky, many stars, no moon up yet. A bright white light almost directly above me and to the east a bit was moving slowly north, northwest. It was roughly the size, maybe slightly larger, than a full moon, but the moon wasn't up yet at that time, and this was moving. Not knowing the actual size of this object, it's difficult to say how high up it was, but if I had to guess, I'd say between 500 and 1,000 feet. (Since I live in the mountains, I'm already at approximately 5,000 feet.) There was no sound or noise of any kind. I watched it for about ten seconds, then it suddenly shot straight up into the sky and in less than one second, it was the size of any average star in the sky, then gone. Being a former Air Force brat and having spent 18 years growing up on various AF bases, I've seen and heard just about anything the AF flies, but I've never seen anything move at a rate of speed like that. I'd like to know if there were any other reports of this sighting from Reno or Sparks that night.

NUFORC Note:

We presume the date of the alleged sighting was in the year 2003. We have altered the date above to 2003. PD

Posted 2003-11-26