NUFORC Sighting 118216

Occurred: 2015-04-03 19:35 Local
Reported: 2015-04-04 08:59 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Yountville, CA, USA

Shape: Light


Silent large white light growing and moving very slowly, then gone! I was in my backyard facing South East looking at the stars and rising Moon and from behind a tree I saw a very VERY bright and LARGE white light heading North East.

I focused on it as it moved trying to determine if it was a plane, helicopter, or satellite. It moved in a straight line and seemed to be dropping in elevation slightly. It was very quiet and I could not hear the usual helicopter compression sounds. As I focused on it, it seemed to get bigger and brighter with no visible shape other then a very bright white and large light.

It slowly moved North and seemed to drop in elevation slightly, that is when I ran in the house to grab the binoculars. Before I left, it was dead center of the large open space seen in from my backyard. When I returned with the binoculars, it was gone. Given the speed and location and how long I was gone, it should of been in about the same area but it was gone. I scanned the night sky with the binoculars and found nothing. I am confident it was NOT a satellite, star, meteor, or any type of known aircraft.

This now my 6th sighting of an unknown to me object in 40 years of gazing at the night sky. I really need to keep the binoculars near the backdoor from now on.

Thank you for what you do online and on the radio.

Posted 2015-04-08

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