NUFORC Sighting 137999

Occurred: 2017-12-22 17:45 Local
Reported: 2017-12-22 17:59 Pacific
Duration:
No of observers: 7

Location: Buena Park, CA, USA

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

Strange light at the end of a strange cloud formation, resembling a swift jetstream.

A strange cloud formation (seemingly appearing as a streak or jetstream) in the sky, strangely backlit from an unknown light source. At the tail-end of the jetstream, a minuscule light from an indistinguishable aircraft was lingering in the sky. I got out of my car to get a closer look at the streak, which remained distinctly illuminated in an otherwise clear and cloudless evening.

My friend lives in a nearby city, roughly 4 miles away from me. Both of us took a photo of the peculiar cloud streak/jetstream of this flying object.

NUFORC Note:

Rocket launch from Vandenberg AFB @ 5:26 p.m.. PD

Posted 2018-01-12