NUFORC Sighting 51383
Occurred: 2006-07-17 00:00 LocalReported: 2006-07-16 22:27 Pacific
Duration: .5 seconds
No of observers: 1
Location: Kingston, NY, USA
Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object
Bright light moving quickly before blinking out of existence.
I looked to my left (east) and high in the sky moving quickly to the north was a very bright light. I saw it move extremely fast northbound before it turned back on itself on the same plane, just for a tenth of a second, then stopped and blinked out of existence. As it disappeared it brightened up before looking like it collapsed instantaneously in on itself into a horizontal line of light. Working as a lighting tech on movies, I know how different lights appear under different conditions and optical circumstances.
NUFORC Note:
Under ordinary circumstances, we would explore whether the witness might have observed the "flare" of an "Iridium" satellite. However, satellites do not reverse their course. PD
Posted 2006-10-30
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