NUFORC Sighting 123721

Occurred: 2015-11-07 18:10 Local
Reported: 2015-11-07 18:31 Pacific
Duration: 5 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Lemoore, CA, USA

Shape: Unknown
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Left a trail

Bright light through an approaching fog spume, big circle of vapor, then massive V-cloud, object travels NNW and is gone over the ocean

Saw bright light beaming as if a helicopter searchlight,heading North/Northwest approx 60 degrees high over horizon apparently spewing contrail or smoke plume, then it blew through a smoke circle of it's own creation, then (and I'm guessing separation)blasted through a large lazy V-shaped cloud and kept going. Could see the light from it for a minute or two, heading off over the Pacific. Assume missile of some kind, but no official launches scheduled for Vandenberg.

NUFORC Note:

U. S. Navy missile launch. PD

Posted 2015-11-19