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Appearance / Description of Object(s)
Color was yellowish off-white. Very brief and very bright
Description of Area / Surroundings
Nearly rural, suburban area with trees and houses. No industrial nearby.
Full Description & Details
About 1:30 pm I was driving roughly in the west direction down Slaughter Lane through Circle 'C' Ranch past the new HEB Plaza when I glimpsed a streak of light that shot from near the ground level to the zenith of the sky in half of a second to one full second at most. What made it interesting was that near the ground it seemed to start off like a reverse 'j' where as it went up it started direction somewhat to the left and, curving quickly to the right, then shot straight up above the vehicle. It was a very narrow, very straight light streak, and VERY quick. To the point that I wondered if I had just seen an optical illusion. Later the same day, I mentioned it to one of my best friends, telling him I thought I had seen a UFO, and he FINISHED THE SENTENCE FOR ME, telling me he saw a streak of light shoot up across the sky in a straight line roughly at 1:30 while traveling west on Loop 360 from Barton Creek Mall. Note I had not described to him YET what I had seen when he mentioned what he saw and how peculiar it seemed to him at the time. He said it seemed to go, within a second, from in front of the vehicle to over his head, which matched my description of the direction the streak took. The sky was relatively clear at the time with a few clouds here and there. If I and my friend both saw it and we were at least 6-8 miles apart, then I am certain other people saw it too. I would be curious to hear other reports on this event since I am very interested in UFOs myself. I might have considered dismissing it as a daytime meteor sighting except for the curve at the bottom which I am certain I saw. We had lightning storms later that day, but this line was arrow straight. Something my friend also corroborated.
Can sighting
be explained as any conventional man-made or natural
object?
Possibly a meteor except for the curve at the beginning of the trajectory. Too straight to be a lightning bolt.
Personal Background
40 y.o. marketing professional with an MBA
Views on UFOs, before and after sighting
Very comprehensive knowledge of UFOs and interest in the subject since childhood. Have never seen anything I could not explain away, to my lament, since I would like to see something that is 100% inexplicable by science.
Reported Sighting? No
Name: Robert Fiertek
Location: Austin, Texas
Age: 40
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