NUFORC Sighting 162277

Occurred: 2021-03-01 20:15 Local
Reported: 2021-03-04 18:09 Pacific
Duration: 30 seconds
No of observers: 3

Location: Spokane, WA, USA

Shape: Orb
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Left a trail

Orb in night sky zipped quickly across sky, hovered, and disappeared

Three adults witnessed an orb-like object in the night sky. Sky was mostly clear, with a few faint clouds. Bright starlight. Orb appeared seemingly out of nowhere as a fast-moving object moving more or less horizontally across the landscape, pretty close to the tree line. From our vantage point the orb appeared from the direction of the star Sirius and travelled east to west. Orb appeared to be black or translucent (night sky was dark) with a white-ish circular outline. A “fire tail” appeared off the backside, looked mostly white/orange/red, as it moves through the sky. Like a tail. After zipping across the sky, the orb stopped instantly and hovered for 3-5 seconds. Then either disappeared instantly or zoomed away parallel to our point of reference so quickly it appeared to disappear? Total event was 15-25 seconds.

Posted 2021-03-31