| Sighting Report |
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| Occurred : 9/15/2003 21:02 (Entered as : 09/15/2003 21:02) Reported: 9/15/2003 8:23:49 PM 20:23 Posted: 9/17/2003 Location: Omaha, NE Shape: Duration:2-4 Seconds |
| Observed bright object increase in luminosity and fade(like explosion) At 9:02cst I was looking up off of my balcony while I was smoking a ciggarette and saw what appeared to be a very bright star at about 60 to 75 degrees in the southern part of the sky. This 'Star' was very bright, as bright as Mars is at the present time, which is what attracted me to it. I thought that this 'Star' was Mars but I knew that mars was more to the SE, as I found on a quick look in that direction. The 'Star was also a bright Blue-White color. As I watched, the luminocity of this 'Star' doubled and then tripled, all in the space of less than a second. after that it seemed to fade inward, with the center of it being the last to disappear. All of this happened in the space of 1 to 4 seconds. It looked like an explosion at an extremely high altitude. I heard no report or concussion. ((NUFORC Note: We have checked the <www.heavens-above.com> website, and no Iridium satellite was visible from Omaha, NE, for the time and date indicated. PD)) |