NUFORC Sighting 155117

Occurred: 2020-04-13 19:10 Local
Reported: 2020-04-14 16:36 Pacific
Duration: 10 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Gilbert, AZ, USA

Shape: Sphere
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Emitted other objects, Changed Color, Aircraft nearby

Bright white light changing to pulsing colors and then red moving at high speeds, eventually splitting into two objects.

A bright white light flying from east to west as the sun set around 7 pm. I thought initially it was a meteor due to the speed and the fact it was higher than the clouds. Traveled from above me to about 1/3 to the western horizon when it just faded out. I was disappointed that the meteor just fizzled out when all of a sudden, the object reappeared at a standstill and very bright with multiple colors flashing from it. It hovered for a few mins at the same high altitude then changed to a very bright red. Soon after it darted in an S-shaped fashion to the south and perhaps to a lower altitude, still very bright red when it stopped again. At this point, it split into 2 individual craft, both red in color. One flew east and lower, the other moved what seemed to be straight down where I lost sight of it behind a tree. Within in a few moments, the one light I could still see started to display multiple colors as it hovered, and then disappeared. At this point, I no longer saw either craft.

Posted 2020-06-25