| Sighting Report |
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| Occurred : 1/18/2008 18:50 (Entered as : 01/18/08 18:50) Reported: 1/18/2008 7:58:22 PM 19:58 Posted: 1/21/2008 Location: Issaquah, WA Shape: Light Duration:3min |
| Blue-white light with lights attached or following made complete u-turn at slow steady speed. At approximately 18:50hrs this evening, I was walking my dogs and going in an easterly direction. In the SouthEast, I looked up at the moon. The moon was to the right of the object, about two "hands" away. I saw what at first appeared to be a satellite moving toward the south. It moved for a few seconds, and then I could make out something directly behind it that was dimmer and seemed to be attached to it. I am an amatuer astronomer, and have spent many nights watching satellites passing by. What piqued my curiosity was that this object made a complete turn, and after a few seconds made a u-turn in the opposite direction. The more I watched it, I was able to make out some detail, even though it was a small white-blue point of light with something attached to its rear. For a second it seemed that there were four or five much smaller white lights surrounding it as well. Then I lost sight of it because there was a few whisps of clouds that eventually obscured it. Time interval was roughly one minute. |