NUFORC Sighting 54657

Occurred: 2007-01-08 23:45 Local
Reported: 2007-01-10 15:17 Pacific
Duration: 2 min
No of observers: 1

Location: Hampden, ME, USA

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

I was driving home when I saw a bright, yellowish, orange orb in the night sky. The object moved at a slow rate and hovered

I was driving home when I saw a bright orb in the sky. It resembled a star or planet however it was a little bigger. It had a very bright yellowish/orange glow which gave it an oval like shape.

At first I thought it might be a plane with its bright landing lights or a helicopter with a spotlight or something. The object then appeared to drop in altitude towards the ground but not at a fast rate. It actually was moving at a slower rate than an airplane typically seems to travel.

At first, when it began to drop in altitude, I thought a plane or something was on fire and falling towards the Earth due to the intense brightness. It then leveled off just above the treeline.

All this happened while I was driving.

I pulled into my driveway and got out of my car to see if I could hear a plane or helicopter, but I heard nothing. I ran inside to call my girlfriend to tell her about what I saw.

I went back outside and could see the glow just through the top of the tree line. It appeared to be hovering.

I went back inside to get my camera but the battery was dead. I then went outside one last time, but it was gone.

Posted 2007-02-01

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