NUFORC Sighting 70911

Occurred: 2009-07-04 21:38 Local
Reported: 2009-07-06 00:14 Pacific
Duration: 2 mins
No of observers: 2

Location: Goodyear, AZ, USA

Shape: Unknown
Characteristics: Emitted beams

Witnessed a large white light that blinked on and off with 20 - 30 seconds puases, five total blinks

As me and my friend were watching the start of a fireworks show alone in a secluded place I witnessed a large white circle of light in the sky approximately at the 1000 ft level.

The light blinked on and off slowly and repeatedly for approximately 2 minutes. It was very strange as it seemed to be stationary. I first thought it was a normal airplane beacon light but the light was too large, I would estimate at least a diameter of 200 ft.

I told my friend to watch the sky and she witnessed the light too. After a few minutes the light stopped blinking. We heard no air traffic or other common flying noise.

I watched the sky for another 10 minutes and then witnessed a commercial passenger (??) air plane fly over the area where we saw the light. The plane flew over without issue but gave an account as just how big the light was as the plane seemed dwarfed by the size of the light we saw. The light did not flash over the sky nor did we see any other attributes from a normal beacon light.

We were approximately 8 miles from the firework show and alone at the base of a mountain. It was very strange.

Posted 2009-08-05