NUFORC Sighting 30718

Occurred: 2003-08-09 21:00 Local
Reported: 2003-08-16 13:48 Pacific
Duration: 30 sec
No of observers: 2

Location: Duck, NC, USA

Shape: Sphere

saw something characteristic of a bright star moving at plane's speed which changed directions and then disappeared

My friend and I went for a walk at Duck beach at about 9 or 10 at night. It was a bit cloudy but some stars were still visible. We lyed down and talked while star gazing. There seemed to be a bright star moving at about the pace of a plane but looked nothing of the sort. It was also much to slow to be a shooting star. It changed directions and seemed to be getting brighter when it went behind a cloud. We watched intently as it moved past the cloud and then disappeared. We stayed awhile to see if it would return but after about five minutes we left for home.

Posted 2003-08-28