NUFORC Sighting 40676

Occurred: 2004-11-16 22:00 Local
Reported: 2004-11-17 19:54 Pacific
Duration: one hour
No of observers: 1

Location: Ellicott City, MD, USA

Shape: Cigar
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aircraft nearby

Too slow to be a plane, too fast to be a star and stayed within a small radius, and want to know if there are other reports.

At first I thought I was staring at a brilliant star. It caught my eye as I was on the phone staring out my window. Then I saw lights blinking from it making me think it was a plane. Then I realized that it's not moving much, if at all. The lights were blue and red and white as far as I could tell. At first it looked as if it was about one thousand feet high in a mostly clear sky. Seemed to be hovering there for the longest time and then took a very slow northwest direction. It was too fast to be a star, too slow to be a plane and a helicopter just didn't make sense because it was to high and for too long to be searching for someone without a searchlight. I called the local news and tried calling the airport. I walked outside to get a better view to see if the window could've been causing the blinking/twinkling effect, but the lights were still blinking with an unobstructed view.

Posted 2004-12-03