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| Occurred : 8/15/2009 22:05 (Entered as : 08/15/09 22:05) Reported: 8/15/2009 9:00:07 PM 21:00 Posted: 8/27/2009 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Shape: Fireball Duration:approximately 2 minute |
| Intense fiery, orange light that appeared to move slowly towards us in the night sky, changed course, then disappeared August 15, 2009: My husband, our two children, and myself were on our boat this evening just after sunset. We parked the boat and watched the sky, discussing the constellations with our kids. We saw Jupiter, a few shooting stars, some satellites, and normal air traffic as we live about 5 miles from the Airport. Shortly after 10:00 my husband, who is a pilot, pointed towards Jupiter and said, "What is that!" We all paused and looked to the southeast sky. We saw an orange light just under Jupiter that moved across the sky to the northwest. The light appeared to be 2-3 times the apparent size of Jupiter in the night sky. It was an intense orange light that moved silently through the sky. We watched it move towards us for better than 90 seconds before it appeared to change course and head north. The light then disappeared. The sighting went on for approximately 2 minutes. As an individual who is no stranger to aviation, I do not believe it was an airplane or helicopter as the light did not strobe and there was no sound from the object that I could detect. It almost looked as if the object were on fire by the intensity of the orange light. ((NUFORC Note: Please see second report, submitted by husband. Also, please see other reports from across the U. S. for the same time and date. PD)) |