Appearance / Description of Object(s)

Globe, white, bright, luminous, firey white tail, 100 to 150 miles per hour, large

Size of Object(s)

About the size of a marble as seen from a quarter mile away

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

Quarter mile away, 2 times tree height

Description of Area / Surroundings

countryside, rolling hills, pasture, pine forest, several military bases in the area but none within 20 miles, power plant about 15 miles away,

Full Description & Details

I saw something in the sky about a year or so ago and thought you might be interested. I work in Master Control of a local TV station as a switcher and get off at midnight. The TV station is on the edge of town and I drive straight out into the country for the 22 mile trip home. My job is fairly intense so I am always alert when I leave. The road is usually devoid of cars on the backroads I travel, sometimes I don't pass a single one all the way, so there is little distraction. As I said, this happened about a year ago. I was about 4 to 6 miles north of Interstate 49 on Hwy 53. Just North of Gulfport Mississippi. The forest opens up on the left side of the road at one particular point and the tree line recedes to about a quarter mile away. There was no moon out that I remember and the sky was very dark. I was drinking coffee and listening to the radio way to loud as usual when I noticed a light out the drivers window going in the same direction as myself. When I gave it my full attention I was a little shocked. What I saw was a bright white luminous globe. Not a fractured light but luminous with defined edges. I have no size reference other than it appeared to be over the edge of the tree line a quarter mile away, maybe 2 times as high as the trees and was about the size of a marble which would make it very large as far as I can determine. I do remember it stood out very well and was easy to see. It was moving north, as I was, and was going maybe 2 or 3 times as fast as myself. Another thing is that there was a stormy turbulent white flame trailing behind. The flame was the same width as the globe and trailed behind about 4 times the objects width. It incident wasn't particularly long and maybe lasted 8 to 10 seconds before passing behind the trees where the pasture along the Hwy once again turned to forest. If I had been a few seconds earlier or later I would not have seen it pass. As I said we were on a fairly parallel course if only a quarter mile apart. I few more miles down the road I turned left to head toward home which would cut across the flight path. As I passed Approximately where I thought it would have crossed I passed a house on the side of the road with 3 or 4 people in their pajamas standing in their front yard all looking into the night sky. Mind you this is just after midnight. I considered stopping and conversing with them but it was late and I was ready to get home. I was encouraged by a family member to stop and talk with them but before I could get around to it Hurricane Katrina blew their house apart and I do not know where they have relocated. I sure this is a familiar story but thought you might like to have it for your records.

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

no way

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

I became interested in college while taking astronomy and in as much as I learned about the distance and scope of the universe decided there has to be life out there but also came to the conclusion that the distances envolved were so great we would never meet and neighbors. My professr once held up a basketball in the front of the room and asked someone to hold up a tennis ball in the back of the room. He said if that was our relative distance from the sun the next nearest star would be in california. I went to school in North Carolina so I would have to say thats pretty far to travel.

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