Appearance / Description of Object(s)

A large "X" shape, the "legs" being VERY slightly curved, a pure white, very bright light, with no other discernable features or colors. The shape and "outline " was very clear and had no distortion considering the brightness of the light.

Size of Object(s)

An inch across and an inch high. Estimate of actual size 300 ft high and 300 feet across.

Description of Area / Surroundings

My home is in an urban area not far from a mountainous dessert area. The object appeared to be over the dessert area between two small mountains. Where I believe it to have been would have been unihabited.

Full Description & Details

I live where I can view passenger jets coming in and going out of the Las Vegas, Nev. McCarran airport, as well as many flights at high altitude going to and from California. At this this time of year when it's cold outside, there is no heat distortion as there is in the summer months. In the past I be;ieve I saw the space shuttle one night, as well as possibly seeing the new Air Force "Raptor" a day or two after it premiered in southern California at a sporting event - I believe it was the Raptor due to it's abnormally high altitude and velocity in comparison to the normal passenger jets I see almost nightly. With this kind of "hobby" of watching the sky, what I saw this particular night had my attention immediately.

To the southwest of my home there was a very bright "X" shape - a very pure white light. I could not discern any outline to this motionless object. I moved 6 to 8 feet to the left and right to see if I could notice any kind of movement, but that failed to see any. After about 4 minutes, it looked as if it might have moved directly back from my location as it looked fracionally smaller in size. One of the things that astounded me as I thought about it later was that as bright as the light was, it did not cause any distortion or ability to clearly see the exact shape of the object. The legs of the "X" shape were both slightly curved, but only enough to see that they had some curve to them as opposed to straight lines.

If my estimation of the distance of this object from where I was at the time is close to accurate, it would have been in somewhat of a valley between two small mountains that are maybe 2 to 3 thousand feet in height. And, if the distance was accurate, I estimate it's size to be that of about 3 to 4 747 jumbo jets - that's the other thing was "scaring" me some.

I get up early (3:15 a.m.) for work, and one of the first things I did the next morning was to see if it might still be there - no such luck. This is the first time I've ever even contemplated submitting something like this. It really blew me away.

Can sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or natural object?

No

Witness Background

Wholesale auto parts business, 2 years of college, past restaurant, high school basketball team - starting point guard, management experience, ex professional bowler, enjoy different sports on tv.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

I believe there is life elsewhere in the universe and I have a consistent interest in television shows that may have credable details about possible UFO sightings. I don't discount UFO's, but this sighting has me stumped as far as coming up with any other reasonable explanation unless "Area 51" has a really neat new toy.

Other Comments

Until I had a chance to think long and hard about what I saw, I'd never seen anything that even remotely enticed me to submit a report on what I had seen.

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