NUFORC Sighting 100353

Occurred: 2013-07-11 23:40 Local
Reported: 2013-07-19 14:40 Pacific
Duration: 5 seconds
No of observers: 3

Location: Rathdrum, ID, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object

Large dim orange circular object travels across sky at enormous rate.

On the night of July 11, 2013, I was laying out stargazing with my children (12, 9), from about 11pm until 11:45pm. During the course of the evening we had fun pointing out several satellites and shooting stars.

At around 11:40 pm we were looking straight up and we all saw a very dull orange object about half the size of the full moon passes over in a very straight line and at an impossible rate. It appeared to be lit from within. The object covered the sky from horizon to horizon in about 5 seconds. It was so dimly lit that it was hard to tell exactly where it was and appeared to be jumping or skipping across the sky. I think that was only because my eyes were having trouble tracking it, being so dark and so dimly lit.

It appeared to be very high and very large but I did not pick up any details on shape at all. My son (12) who has younger eyes than I do said that he saw it as a round object with a lip or an inner circle close to the edge.

Posted 2013-07-22