NUFORC Sighting 153698

Occurred: 2020-02-28 21:00 Local
Reported: 2020-02-28 20:08 Pacific
Duration: 45 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Waupaca, WI, USA

Shape: Sphere
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Changed Colo

Brightest object in the sky next to the moon.

Took the dogs out to do their business, noticed a brighter than normal light near the moon. Other than the moon it was the brightest thing in the sky, yellowish to whiteish in color, heading in a west by northwest direction. Seem to have pulses in brightness and sometimes turned reddish in color. Seemed to be moving slow but still progressed far in a fair amount of time. Called my wife out and she saw it right away and we both filmed it on our phones. The further west it went the more in started to dip into the tree line. Standing as still as possible I could watch it get blocked by a branch only to appear on the other side of it rather quickly. With the light facing me and the fact that I know it was headed west I ruled out a plane but, as a side note I did see a plane traveling north and could hardly see its light but could clearly see the red/green lights flash in normal fashion. Also, the distance versus the size didn’t add up at all to me. One more thin! g I should add there also happened to be a shooting star to the north the drop off towards the west but, nowhere near the object in the sky.

Posted 2020-04-09