NUFORC Sighting 14089

Occurred: 2000-09-01 22:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2000-09-12 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 20 minutes
No of observers: 3

Location: Tempe, AZ, USA

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

Flashes over the Southern horizon

Repeated bluish-white strobe flashes over the Southern horizon; also appeared to be a greenish-blue hazy glow hanging over the horizon, like the setting moon (although the moon was elsewhere in the sky). Flashes appeared semi-regularly, about once every 2-3 minutes. We conclusively saw six over the course of 30 minutes; no idea how long they had been going on before we saw them, or whether other flashes occured while we were turned away and discussing the phenomenon. Date is approximate. There was no lightning storm or any other arial phenomenon that could have produced the flashes this night.

Posted 2000-09-17