NUFORC Sighting 70558

Occurred: 2009-06-18 22:24 Local
Reported: 2009-06-18 20:37 Pacific
Duration: 15 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: LaVale, MD, USA

Shape: Changing


Saw three lights traveling south to north over western Maryland

At approx. 22:24 I was with my daughter star gazing when I spotted three white lights moving south to north. I was using a pair of 15x70 binoculars and the distance between the lights was about half of the viewing diameter of the binoculars. The objects covered approx. a 45 degree angle of sky from my position in about 15 seconds. The two outside lights were in a stationary pattern as they moved across the sky, while the third trailed slightly and moved back and forth between the two outside lights. This is approx. how they looked:

From this: * * *

To this: * * *

The trailing light moved back and forth between the two as they moved north. The lights appeared to be about the same size as the background stars. My daughter was not able to see the lights herself with the naked eye, and by the time she got her binoculars focused in the direction of the lights, they had moved beyond our viewing range.

Also, approx. 20 minutes after the first sighting, we both observed a single light moving south to north at approx. the same speed as the first lights, followed about three minutes later by another single light moving in the same direction and speed.

Posted 2009-08-05

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