NUFORC Sighting 65301

Occurred: 2008-08-19 20:39 Local
Reported: 2008-08-19 19:01 Pacific
Duration: Seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Alexandria, VA, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object, Left a trail

Saw a triangular formation of lights in the sky.

I was taking out the trash about an hour ago, and I glanced toward the sky. I saw three lights arranged in a triangle shape. Thin lights connected the three round lights. It sped across the sky faster than any plane I had ever seen. It left a kind of luminescent trail behind it that stayed in the sky for about minute before fading away. I tried to take a picture with my phone but I wasn't fast enough.

I like aviation and know a lot about planes and helicopter, especially military crafts, and this was like nothing I had seen before. It moved very fast and the lights were not blinking.

Posted 2008-10-31