NUFORC Sighting 42655

Occurred: 2005-02-03 19:30 Local
Reported: 2005-03-02 13:14 Pacific
Duration: 1 sec or less
No of observers: 2

Location: Tucson, AZ, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object

We saw a white, steady light move across the Northern sky from East to West in less than 1 second in Tucson, Az.

My friend and I were heading North on 1st Avenue in Tucson, AZ. We were at a stoplight with considerable light pollution (i.e. yellow street lights, commercial signs, etc.) and were looking straight ahead.

We both saw a bright, steady white light move from the middle right of the windshield to the upper left (East to West) at a high rate of speed-it crossed the windshield in less than 1 second. It dissappeared into the west.

The light appeared to be slightly larger than the size of Jupitor or Venus seen on a dark night. There was no flickering, fading or sparking as I've seen with meteorites before, and the angle of travel seemed inconsistant with an object entering the atmosphere, or even skipping across the upper atmosphere. It looked to be ascending.

The steadiness and clear whiteness of the light gave us the impression it was artificial. The speed, however, was astonishing. We had the impression the light was a good distance away (meaning more than a few hundred yards-seemed like a few miles at least), but have no idea of true distance or speed-just that it was very, very fast. There wasn't any sonic boom or other noise we could associate with it.

Posted 2005-04-16