NUFORC Sighting 86676

Occurred: 2012-01-17 18:57 Local
Reported: 2012-01-18 21:04 Pacific
Duration: 30 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Laredo, TX, USA

Shape: Unknown


Light traveling West to East across the sky.

While star gazing during the evening, I saw an off-white dot, moving too fast to be a plane or jet, and too slow to be a meteorite. It moved from West-SW to East-NE directly above us and its trajectory covered the whole sky dome.

I had my laser pointer and quickly pointed to it so my wife could verify with me what I was seeing. She confirmed the sighting. A plane usually has accompanying intermittent lights and sound, which were not present. A meteorite usually has a tail and fades as it enter the atmosphere; these features were not present. Our location is 27 36 6 N 99 28 58 W.

Posted 2012-01-24

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