Occurred: 2005-03-15 16:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2005-07-19 17:30 Pacific
Duration: 15 minutes?
No of observers: 0

Location: Paradise, CA, USA

Shape: Cigar
Characteristics: Lights on object

a white "contrail" fixed in size, shape and consistency.

I looked up while still driving as I noticed what looked like a contrail. When I parked and got out of the car in the KMART parking lot, I looked up again and noted that the "contrail" hadn't begun to lengthen, nor had it begun to dissapate like they always do (I am an airforce brat, and know what a contrail looks like). So my attention was suddenly very focused. I stood there and watched what looked like a solid contrail slowly move from the northeast to the west (I think anyway, but I am not the best at direction, I use the sun to judge). I also noticed that despite the sunny day, and the position of the sun, I couldn't see a tiny shiny point at the head of the "contrail" like there would normally be, as the sun reflects off of the metal of a plane, because there was no plane, and what I was looking at, along with about 6 others now, was something other than a plane, or its contrail..

"A moving contrail; fixed in size, shape and consistency". so it was white, with a slightly transparent look to it and a blurred perimeter. I cannot judge the distance. after about 15 minutes it was out of site.




NUFORC Note:

Witness indicates that date of incident is approximate. PD


Posted 2005-09-02

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