NUFORC Sighting 37712

Occurred: 2004-06-21 16:12 Local
Reported: 2004-06-21 16:44 Pacific
Duration: 3-5sec
No of observers: 1

Location: Newark, OH, USA

Shape: Unknown
Characteristics: Aircraft nearby

newark,oh-16:12 strong flash behind and above airplane-size approx. 1/2 tictac at arms length-3-5sec.

driving home from work, on rt#16 going west at 16:12. straight out the front window, with a clear blue sky, i noticed a flash. having caught my attention it looked as if someone flashed a mirror. when i focused on it, the object looked silver(like the sun refecting off of highly polished chrome)of no discernable shape. being approximately the size of 1/2 a tictac mint held at arms length. also observed airplane,which was about the size of an aspirin held at arms length-below object and to the left. object was well past the tail of the airplane, approx. 1 1/2" thumb to forefinger held at arms length from object to airplane at an angle. as fast as it caught my attention, it was gone. total observation time 3-5 sec.



NUFORC Note:

Heavens-above website does not indicate that the flash from an Iridium satellite would have been visible at the time indicated by the witness. PD


Posted 2004-06-23

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