NUFORC Sighting 11881

Occurred: 2000-02-03 20:00 Local
Reported: 2000-02-05 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 5-8seconds


Location: Temple City, CA, USA

Shape: Unknown
Characteristics: Lights on object

observing sky, northward, slight overcast,usual to observe satelites. noticed a light as a lense, brightening in intensity, like a spotlight, then reducing to off after short time. fading to continue as a satelite.

as commonly observed, satelites pass overhead. on this ocasion, at an apparent altitude for satelites, a bright, intensifying light lense appeared. Increasing in intensity quite bright. not a white light, but more conventional in coloration. after 5 to 8 seconds, the brightness reduced to that typical for a passing satelite moving due north in the sky. Commonly, satelites are observed, reflecting the sun in the evening sky. this was uniquely uncommon.



NUFORC Note:

The report is not inconsistent with the characteristic "flash" that can result from an Iridium satellite.


Posted 2000-02-16

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