NUFORC Sighting 82615

Occurred: 2011-07-19 22:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2011-07-21 08:40 Pacific
Duration: 5 mins
No of observers: 2

Location: Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

Shape: Fireball

Fireball hovering in the night sky

It was around 10 pm, I was leaving my job with my co-worker as I noticed something in the sky. It was a amber- orange colored light that looked like a large fireball.

We both stopped in our tracks to look at it and I noticed that it seemed to be hovering. At the same time that we were looking at it a plane passed by so that's how we both knew it couldn't of been a plane.

After about 5 minutes of watching it I noticed it started moving very slowly straight up. I found it weird because it didn't move at an angle at all, it was moving directly north.

I wish I stayed longer to watch it, but I felt like staring at the sky in the middle of a mall parking lot was long enough lol

NUFORC Note:

Source of report indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate, which we do not understand, given that it had occurred only 34 hours before the report was submitted. PD

Posted 2011-08-07