NUFORC Sighting 39804

Occurred: 2004-10-16 03:30 Local
Reported: 2004-10-16 03:17 Pacific
Duration: about 30 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Savannah, GA, USA

Shape: Light

Red blinking light appears three times, changing speed and direction many times before fading away.

It was extremely clear and cool outside around 3:00 in the morning and my friend and I decided to lay out on our roof and watch the stars for awhile. After laying there about fifteen minutes I saw a shooting star. And then after another fifteen minutes or so, I saw what at first looked like another shooting star, but it was not moving at the same velocity and it was very red (red like a star looks red, not like a cherry red) and blinking. The blinking looked more like a change in light intensity and I then thought it was a satellite because of the blinking and because it was moving along so steadily and it didn't come and go quickly like a shooting star would. It just kept cruising along. After a few seconds of this, I pointed at it and began to exclaim to my friend that a satellite was moving over us. As I began to speak, I noticed a slight slowing of the light's pace, and then a sudden stop. It hung in place for about half a second and then moved left at a slower speed. After a second of this, it stopped again and began to curve down and to the right. It was about then that my friend noticed it. It curved for a couple seconds and quickly moved back to the left and it rapidly alternated between a fast and slow pace. It then slowed drastically and drifted upwards and it faded away next to a fairly bright star. This all occured in a span of time no greater than thirty seconds. The red blinking light came back two more times and followed a similar type of pattern. It would appear in the same area of the sky as it had before, and it would move in one direction for a few seconds and then it would constantly alter its speed and direction until it finally slowed and would always return to the same area in the sky before fading away.

Posted 2004-10-27