NUFORC Sighting 171094

Occurred: 2022-08-11 22:08 Local
Reported: 2022-08-13 13:20 Pacific
Duration: Four minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Lebanon, OR, USA
Location details: Approximately 5 miles east of Lebanon, Oregon in a rural area.

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object

A stationary or slow moving object either dimly lit or illuminated by the moon.

My wife and I were sitting on our porch to observe the rising full moon and see meteors from the Perseid meteor shower. Emerging to the left of the moon we saw a small cluster of lights very slowly moving north. I took a photo of this then a short 5 second video. Not being in a straight line or moving faster I did not think it was the Starlink satellites. I switched my Iphone 13 to a higher video quality option and took a 2 min 58s video. During this time it hovered and/or slowly moved north. No sound.
This object either had lights or the surface was reflecting the moon. I’m thinking reflection because as it moved north it started to dim. The “lights” changed orientation near the end. If it were triangle shaped and changed its angle it would make sense. In studying the photo I could see it was triangle shaped. I stopped the video to move out into our field to get a better look. By then I could still see it but it was so dim I didn’t choose to shoot more video.

Shooting nearly directly into the full moon created havoc with the original video. I had to edit slightly to get rid of the brightness, work on contrast and pixelation.

** I am unable to send my 2 minute 58 second video due to its 2.23 GB file size. Allowed was just a very short clip and photo. In the photo the object is about 10:00 near the moon if you zoom in.



Posted 2022-09-09

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