Appearance / Description of Object(s)

I really looked like how a laser looks when it is shined directly into your retina. It didnt emit any smoke or anything when it rose into the air and its movement was more like it "slid" after it rose and hovered for a few moments. The red color to it was a really dark sort of laser colored red.

Size of Object(s)

I estimate the actual size was about 1 foot in width and it looked perfectly round. My 2 fingers could easily cover up the object if my arm was outstretched.

Description of Area / Surroundings

The area was right off off I80 going towards Sacramento CA, From Reno Nevada. We were just outside of Reno at the time. The sighting was above a small dirtbike track with a medium sized suburban neighborhood next to it. The neighborhood looked to be still under development.

Full Description & Details

Ive told this story to a few people, but nobody belives me so I will let you all try and sort it out. The entire sighting only lasted about 5 minutes. Myself, My sister and her boyfriend were all driving from Reno Nevada on I80 to Sacramento in a Truck. I was in the backseat looking out the window at scenery. To the left I noticed a few Dirtbike riders jumping hills that didnt even notice what the hell was going on. Then about 40-50 feet directly above them I saw a small red "flare looking object" rise out of nowhere. The best way to describe it would be the way a small pen laser looks when it is shined into your eye.

I thought it may have been a flare so i watched it arc up into the air, reach the apex of it climb, then it just stayed there, hovered for a few moments. I waited for this thing to come back down, but instead it climed about 20 more feet, then "floated" forward as if it had some sort of power source to it. I told my sister and her boyfriend to look at it and they saw it too. Then the view became obscured by trees for about 20 seconds. When the view clear the damned thing had disappered. If it was a flare, then how could it of gone up in the air and stayed there, then rise up in the air more and travel forward. And more so, this thing was so bright it could of been seen from a mile away, so how could it of just vanished?? Then I thought it may have been a airplane and its beacon was cancelling out its shape, but the way it moved isnt how planes or helicopters fly , and it was way too small to be any type of airplane or helicopter anyways.Strange...........

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

I dont belive it was an aircraft. First it would be flying in a tight space too low to the ground. I was looking for an outline of a helicopter or airplane against the light, if it was some sort of beacon, but didnt see any shape. I should know these things since I used to take flight lessons and have been a hard-lined aircraft enthusiast all my life. It definately wasnt a bird or a blimp or a weather ballon. Birds dont light up, satellites dont fly through the air at low heights and weather ballons dont move like this thing did.

Witness Background

I am 22, just graduated from an automotive tech institute. I am currently a Tech writer at a computer store in california. My past work experience includes running a small business consulting and marketing business with a friend of mine. We provided business services to a few small, local real estate and loan companies in Sacramento.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

I have always been interested in UFO's all my life and my mother had reportedly seen a UFO when she was younger. Now I really am convinced after what we saw that day.

Reported Sighting?