NUFORC Sighting 37404

Occurred: 2000-03-03 04:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2004-06-05 20:51 Pacific
Duration: 20 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Longwood, FL, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Emitted other objects, Emitted beams

A circle of light collapsed on the starlight, and it fled due east.

Longwood Florida is 35 miles slightly due north and east of Cape Canaveral Florida. I have lived in this area for nearly forty years, and I am very familiar with launches from the Cape, regarding the horizon location.

In most likely early 2000 I had been observing what appeared to be early morning rocket launches from the eastern horizon. Over a period of weeks I had observed maybe three or four. At about 0400 hours, a traveling white light caught my eye. At maybe 45 degrees up off of the eastern horizon I observed a light that had the appearance of an average size star, with an average star brightness. The light was traveling in a due north directon. This light appeared to be located in the same flight path area as launches from Cape Canaveral. Just looking at it, it appeared to possibly be thirty or forty miles away, it was far.

I watched the object because it was traveling the same path as the recent orange colored lights (rockets) that I had seen. I might add here that when I observed the rockets, they all appeared to travel due north for approximately 20 seconds, then accelerate east at a fast rate until out of sight.

I watched the light, it traveled due north at 45 degrees for approximately 20 seconds. At that point the light appeared to stop in place. At the same instant, a circle of light of the same brightness appeared to surround the small starlight. The light circle started out at approximately twice the size of the starlight. It immediately enlarged within less than a second to three or four times the size of the starlight. At that instant the light circle collapsed back onto the starlight. The starlight then appeared to head due east, away from Florida. But this occurred at incredible speed, nearly instantly, it vanished more than flew east.

NUFORC Note:

Time and date are approximate. PD

Posted 2004-06-18