Name: Nicole ******

Email: On file

State: Nebraska

County: Douglas

Date of Sighting: 7/8/1996

Time: 8:30pm

Nearest Town: Omaha

How long was your sighting: Several minutes

How many witnesses: 1

Did you get any pictures or video: No

As a teenager, I was driving in my neighborhood heading to my house. I noticed while driving a huge bird in the sky. I pulled my car over to watch because I had never seen something so big. It looked all black from what I could tell and it was high in the sky but still so very large. 

I lived very close to the zoo in Omaha and thought maybe something got loose but there is nothing even at the zoo that I could think of that had a wingspan that large.

I watched it for several minutes until I couldn't see it anymore fly high in the sky. I've been looking for such an animal again since and have never seen one.

What color was it: Black or dark brown

Was other evidence found: No

I was just in awe of this creature. I couldn't believe how high in the sky it was but still how very large it was.

Thanks to Nicole for sharing the sighting with all of us.

I was looking at our sightings map, and I noticed that in 1990 there was a similar sighting west of Omaha of a large bird. You can read that report by clicking here.

Could the two sightings be of the same large bird? Could it be a Thunderbird?

Thanks
~Thomas~