NUFORC Sighting 153300

Occurred: 2020-02-14 20:30 Local
Reported: 2020-02-15 17:21 Pacific
Duration: 5 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: EXPORT, PA, USA

Shape: Flash

Irregular star like flashes

Between the constellations of Gemini and Orion I saw, out of the corner of my eye, what appeared to be a light flash from a high flying aircraft.

I focused my gaze in that area, expecting to see it again since aircraft flash at a regular rate. There was no flash.

I resumed scanning the sky again and saw another flash in the earlier position. It was about 8 seconds between these flashes.

I waited 15 seconds and nothing happened again.

About 10 seconds after that, I saw a third flash in the same area as before, so I focused on it again. This time I was privileged to get a series of six flashes. They were not evenly spaced in the 90 seconds I saw them.

At NO time did it move. The flashes were between two stars, and it maintained the same distance between them all the while I observed this.

At first I thought it was a rotating satellite, but it did not move.

I am at a loss to explain this.

Posted 2020-02-25