Reported: 2006-08-31 16:42 Pacific
Duration: 3 seconds
No of observers: 2
Location: Cancun (Mexico), , Mexico
Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object
Red shooting star changed directions and went back into space.
My girlfriend and I were sitting on the balcony of our hotel in Cancun. I was looking out over the ocean and enjoying the stars. It was a very clear night. I saw what I thought was a shooting star. It was red and moving very rapidly. The only thing that was odd was that it was red (every shooting star I have seen was green or white). As it neared the horizon, the trajectory changed to a horizontal movement from the right to the left. After a second or less it suddenly doubled back at aproxamitly 15 degrees and went back out into space at a speed 10x what it was going when it came in to view. We both had goosebumps for hours! It was a amazing experience. I am no longer a skeptic.
NUFORC Note:
Witness indicates that the date of the incident is approximate. PD
Posted 2006-10-30
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