NUFORC Sighting 116499

Occurred: 2013-12-11 20:00 Local
Reported: 2015-01-04 14:08 Pacific
Duration: 6 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Dallas, TX, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Aircraft nearby

1200-mph dart silhouette seen for 6-seconds.

My first ever UFO sighting occurred from Sylvania Drive, near its intersection with Sinclair Avenue, at about 8:00 pm on December 11, 2013, during a walk. The night was cold, the sky was clear and there was a day-past first quarter, or fat half-crescent moon.

I saw the object through an opening between some trees across Dixon Branch Greenbelt Park. The sighting was a brief glimpse of a far-off, dark, silent, dart-shaped silhouette against the clear luminous night sky. Because the object appeared to be so sharp, I assume that I was looking at an edge-on view of a triangle, but cannot prove this.

Initially, I thought that the shadow was a swept-wing fighter accelerating upward in my direction at a supersonic speed. It was climbing toward me from the southwest – note that ALL of my view of this first UFO was along a straight line approaching from the southwest of me. The craft apparently moved twice the speed of a commercial jet and traveled about two miles in six seconds, both estimates, when put together, gave its speed at about 1,200-mph.

There were commercial jetliners visible to the far north and south, providing a direct comparison. The silhouette appeared to be generally airplane-sized at 2 to 4-miles distance, but was silent despite the velocity – a jet interceptor would have been on afterburner and audible at that speed and range.

The UFO first caught my attention when it was about 35-degrees elevation and it disappeared at about 50-degrees elevation. The first quarter or half-crescent moon was at about 60-degrees elevation, also to the southwest. I roughly estimate that the silhouette first appeared to me about 4-miles away, possibly over the Deep Ellum area, and it disappeared when 2-miles closer, approaching White Rock Lake.

It climbed from 2-miles altitude at Deep Ellum to 3-miles altitude at White Rock Lake. If the climb and direction were backtracked, its original ‘takeoff’ may have been the Cockrell Hill areas, which are 8-miles to the southwest. Although it was getting closer to me, I lost it in the half moon’s glare and could not pick it up on the other side, which would have been almost directly overhead.

The thing seemed phantom-like and eerie, and I was surprised to see it. The object appeared to be going on a straight course from a lower altitude to a higher destination and I recall chuckling to myself that, “It must be carrying some cargo.”

I did not think much about this first sighting because it was so distant, vague and impersonal, and did not make a report or discuss it with anyone. However, I did begin accessing some websites and buying various books about UFOs, for the first time in my 73-years. In addition, I began scanning the night sky, looking for a repeat performance.

NUFORC Note:

One of two high-quality reports from the same witness, who also included graphics. The other report is for a sighting near Dallas on June 13, 2014, at 11:00 p.m.. PD

Posted 2015-01-07