NUFORC Sighting 70834

Occurred: 2009-07-03 21:25 Local
Reported: 2009-07-03 21:48 Pacific
Duration: 10-15 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Sacramento, CA, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object

Small point of light moving at high speed and high altitude in a northerly direction across the sky.

I was using binoculars to look at Antares in the southern sky. Without the binoculars I started looking to the east when I spotted a very small white dot moving south to north. I quickly found the point of light with my binoculars and noticed that is was steady white with no colored or blinking lights. I watched the light, without the binoculars, until it went out of view behind a tree.

It seemed to be at a very high altitude, very far away and moving very fast across the sky. I thought it might be a satellite, but I was unsure if satellites travel from south to north across the sky. It was not a shooting star.

Posted 2009-08-05