NUFORC Sighting 58499

Occurred: 2007-09-01 02:00 Local
Reported: 2007-09-01 12:42 Pacific
Duration: 5-10 minutes
No of observers: 3

Location: North Plains, OR, USA

Shape: Light

A stationary star suddenly shoots straight across the sky above North Plains then shoots towards space.

My wife, daughter, and myself were at a local campsite waiting to watch a meteor shower, which we apparently received the wrong information since we saw none, and were watching the stars to pass the time. My daughter is a star gazing fool. lol. We found ourselves looking at a cluster of stars that none of us could figure out which one it was and after several minutes the brightest stars in that group sailed across the sky in a fast straight line, stopped momentarily and then shot upwards and was gone. I am a very sceptical person but I've never in my life seen a star move like that, let alone any aircraft I've ever seen.

Posted 2007-10-08