4/4/2008: Gainesville, FL, USA

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Occurred : 4/4/2008 22:14 (Entered as : 04/04/08 22:14) Reported: 4/6/2008 12:40:16 PM 12:40 Posted: 6/12/2008 Location: Gainesville, FL Shape: Triangle Duration: a few seconds Characteristics: There were lights on the object
April 4, 2008, 10:14 pm, triangular formation of white lights forming one solid object over night sky in Gainesville, FL. Friday, April 4, 2008, Gainesville, Florida, 10:14 pm I was standing in a line on the Reitz Union North Lawn of the University of Florida with my younger brother. We were looking into the sky at stars, small aircraft, etc. I looked ESE and saw, just above a tree line, four small white lights in a triangular pattern (three on the left side, one completing the back right corner) travelling approximately south. I said to my brother, "What the heck is that?" and pointed to the lights. I had initially thought it was a formation of planes, but it couldn’t have been; besides the fact that there were no red, blue, or any blinking lights, it became apparent that we were looking at one solid object. I only realized this as the triangular object began to move behind trees. My brother was standing to my left and had a better vantage point, and he saw it dip down, come back up, and then fade out. The whole incident lasted a few seconds. A few minutes later, a helicopter started circling around that area; it’s difficult to determine distances, but I would say that the helicopter was probably closer to us than the object had been, and a little more south. It had a bright search beam on and searched for about a half-hour. We saw quite a few planes and a bird in flight while standing there, so we could distinguish between those and whatever it was we saw. As much as we searched the sky, we never saw it again.

National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report

Occurred : 4/4/2008 22:14 (Entered as : 04/04/08 22:14)
Reported: 4/6/2008 12:40:16 PM 12:40
Posted: 6/12/2008
Location: Gainesville, FL
Shape: Triangle
Duration: a few seconds
Characteristics: There were lights on the object

April 4, 2008, 10:14 pm, triangular formation of white lights forming one solid object over night sky in Gainesville, FL.

Friday, April 4, 2008, Gainesville, Florida, 10:14 pm I was standing in a line on the Reitz Union North Lawn of the University of Florida with my younger brother. We were looking into the sky at stars, small aircraft, etc.

I looked ESE and saw, just above a tree line, four small white lights in a triangular pattern (three on the left side, one completing the back right corner) travelling approximately south. I said to my brother, "What the heck is that?" and pointed to the lights. I had initially thought it was a formation of planes, but it couldn’t have been; besides the fact that there were no red, blue, or any blinking lights, it became apparent that we were looking at one solid object.

I only realized this as the triangular object began to move behind trees. My brother was standing to my left and had a better vantage point, and he saw it dip down, come back up, and then fade out. The whole incident lasted a few seconds.

A few minutes later, a helicopter started circling around that area; it’s difficult to determine distances, but I would say that the helicopter was probably closer to us than the object had been, and a little more south. It had a bright search beam on and searched for about a half-hour.

We saw quite a few planes and a bird in flight while standing there, so we could distinguish between those and whatever it was we saw. As much as we searched the sky, we never saw it again.