Size of Object(s)

unsure

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

unsure

Shape of Object(s)

cigar

Color of Object(s):

silver but illuminated.

Full Description & Details

As I sat there watching this object it became clear to me that it was self illuminated. The object was not airplane shaped but cigar shaped and was not moving. It was high in the sky, almost 12 o'clock, and this is just my observation but it seemed to be at a very high altitude, much higher than the planes that usually fly over this area. I must have sat there for a good 10 minutes and the craft never moved. I was late for work so I had to leave. I tried to keep my eye on the craft as I entered town but when I changed directions, from traveling east to north, the craft just disappeared. For a couple of years I wondered what I had seen. One day in the Summer of 2000 I was purusing one of the Mysterious Valley books written by Christopher O'Brien and came across a picture of a cigar shaped UFO that was filmed over Salida,Colorado in 1995 by Tim Edwards. I was astonished because this was the exact same type of craft that I had seen over Leadville, Colorado in December of 1999. Salid is about 67 miles south of Leadville. I have seen other things in the sky that I wasn't sure about but nothing like this sighting.

Witness Background

School teacher and Coach for 25 years. Bachelors degree in Education and a skeptic until this sighting but now I am a true believer and do a lot of reading about sightings and I keep my eyes glued to the sky.

Other Comments

I am not sending a picture or a sketch but if you want to see what I saw go to Christopher O'Brien's web site and check out his photo archive and find the first picture by Tim Edwards and you will see the exact cigar shaped object that I saw.

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