NUFORC Sighting 28278

Occurred: 2003-03-29 20:30 Local
Reported: 2003-03-31 19:29 Pacific
Duration: 7-10 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Sunrise, FL, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Changed Color, Aircraft nearby

bright star-like objects that changes colors and brightness

myself and husband were sitting infront of our house, just to smoke a cigarette, looked up at the night sky noticed several stars but one in particular which seemed to blink more than the others, after watching it with my husband we both noticed that the star was obviously changing colors blue, green, red, and white. From my location which is on University Drive facing west, this star looked to be somewhere over the everglades. We both continued to watch this star change color and going from being bright to dim and then bright again, we watched for almost 10 full minutes before it just faded out. I have only recently began to observe our sky more closely but i have never seen star do such things in all my life.

NUFORC Note:

We do not know what the witnesses may have observed, but we believe that a twinkling star, or the landing light on an approaching airliner, would be the first possibilities to be ruled out. PD

Posted 2003-04-22