NUFORC Sighting 176089

Occurred: 2023-05-27 21:45 Local
Reported: 2023-06-01 17:05 Pacific
Duration: Between 7 and 20 seconds.
No of observers: 4

Location: Callicoon, NY, USA
Location details: I was vacationing at address 84 Kratz Road when I saw this object.

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object

A very fast-moving, consistently bright light that traveled from the NE horizon to the SW horizon in about 10 seconds with no sound.

I was in a hot tub with three friends. The object caught my eye as soon as it cleared the home that was adjacent to me. My first thought was that it was a bright fireball, and I instinctively shouted to my friends as I pointed, "look"! All four of us followed it with our eyes as it raced across the sky in a seemingly straight line all the way to the hills that were to our southwest. This all occurred in about eight seconds. I must admit that my sense of time was skewed; I was so transfixed on what I was seeing that the duration of the sighting might have been anywhere between six and ten seconds long. What I do know is that it was a white-blue or white-green object and it was exceptionally bright -as bright as fireballs, yet it NEVER dimmed or flared up. Its brightness remained consistent during its entire trip over us. In addition, it didn't break apart and it didn't make a sound, or at least any sound that we could hear. There's really no way for me to know how large it was, as its light output obscured what was actually there. This was much too fast to be a satellite of any kind -even low-orbit satellites. It wasn't the ISS, which was definitely over the Catskills that night. However, the times of the ISS fly-over and our sighting do not align. More importantly, I've seen the ISS several times. This traveled much faster and was brighter! I've run several scenarios through my mind, trying to think of natural or man-made things that this could be and I ruled out several. I am left with three options: 1) It was a military craft with technology far more advanced than any jet-fighter I've ever seen, 2) it was some craft that was launched minutes earlier and was streaking over us, above the atmosphere, 3) it was an unidentifiable object.

Earth/Space/Astronomy teacher, high school.

Posted 2023-07-10