I saw a ufo this morning no kidding

[tathepilot]

I was in the vicinity of kmlu westbound at 6000 feet.. I was about 2500 feet above the overcast so the skies were clear..

Off to my 1230 100 o'clock i saw a very bright light that looked like it was coming right towards me.. i watched this light for a minute as it appeared to move left to right maybe 10 degrees or so..

when i was looking at this light i can compare it to looking down the street at a car light, at dusk.. when the street is warm, the light looks distorted, thats how it looked....

after about 30 seconds i called center and asked if he had traffic off my 1230 to 100 and he replied no...

after about another 30 seconds the light moved rapidly straight down thru the clouds, gone..

im aware of many illusions while flying, but this was not one..

kinda freaky, no?

has anyone else seen ufo's while flying..?

 

[Andy Neill]

My guess is that it was the sun. Didn't I read this in a book about 20 years ago when one of the characters submitted such a report (no matter what I did with speed, it got no closer or farther...like it was tracking me)? Of course the sun would apparently move down as you descended (or the cloud tops raised) 2500 feet.

 

[Alamanach]

My guess is that it was the sun. Didn't I read this in a book about 20 years ago when one of the characters submitted such a report (no matter what I did with speed, it got no closer or farther...like it was tracking me)? Of course the sun would apparently move down as you descended (or the cloud tops raised) 2500 feet.

That should be easy enough to verify (or rule out). tathepilot, what was your heading (other than "westbound") and what time was it?

 

[tathepilot]

my heading was 265.. time was about 0610 central
at the time of the incident the sun has not come above the horizon, it was starting to get light out.. but no sun

 

[Alamanach]

my heading was 265.. time was about 0610 central
at the time of the incident the sun has not come above the horizon, it was starting to get light out.. but no sun

And in any case, you would have been pointed away from it. Nor would it have been the Moon, either; it's down to a sliver right now, getting smaller, and (from our perspective) close to the sun. Interesting.



(edited for spelling)

 

[tathepilot]

again ill reiterate, when the light finally moved rapidly down, it shot down, super fast

 

[aucfi]

I always liked seeing the afterburners light up and begin to go vertical just to the west of Pope AFB. First time I saw it I thought it was a rocket or missile or....

 

[avbug]

Swamp gas.

 

[Swass]

Swamp gas.

Yours?

 

[Way2Broke]

Swamp gas.

Did you crack a joke? Outstanding.