NUFORC Sighting 80939

Occurred: 2011-04-18 19:30 Local
Reported: 2011-04-19 06:28 Pacific
Duration: 5'
No of observers: 1

Location: Limassol (Cyprus), , Cyprus

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Changed Color, Aircraft nearby

reddish ball in the sky north of Limassol, Cyprus

I saw a small distant ball of yellow-orange light north of the city of Limassol, Cyprus. At the beginning it was looking like a distant plane in the night sky but suddenly it stopped. Then after being stable in the sky for about 2 minutes, it turned to reddish and started flying faster than a passenger plane towards north-west. Then disappeared into the hazy sky while flying northwest. Note that it passed next to a flying plane.

Posted 2011-05-02