NUFORC Sighting 143366

Occurred: 2018-10-03 20:45 Local
Reported: 2018-10-04 18:56 Pacific
Duration: 10-15 seconds

Location: Lancaster, PA, USA

Shape: Light

A Light ship disappears over Lancaster, PA.

I went out to my back yard to look for my cat. I received a pair of night vision goggles for Christmas for sky watching, so I brought them with me to help find the cat. It was a clear beautiful night, so I started looking at the stars.

After 3 or 4 minutes I saw what I thought was a satellite traveling west to east. I quickly realized it was too big, too bright, traveling too slow and it was flying way too low to be a satellite. I watched it as it traveled straight over my head. I pull the goggles away and could not see it with the naked eye. It started to get a little bit brighter and then faded away and just disappeared. As it was fading away it became transparent before disappearing.

NUFORC Note:

The object was not the ISS, which was visible from the witness's location at 8:47 p.m. (local), but which was visible in the extreme northern sky. Also, not an Iridium "flare." PD

Posted 2018-10-06