NUFORC Sighting 180293

Occurred: 2024-02-04 17:55 Local
Reported: 2024-02-05 06:40 Pacific
Duration: 20-30mins
No of observers: 1

Location: Spokane, WA, USA
Location details: Well lit outside common area

Shape: Flash
Color: Red, blue, red
Estimated Size: unknown
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: S./S.E.
Angle of Elevation: 75
Closest Distance: 20,000-30,000ft
Estimated Speed: slower
Characteristics: Changed Colo

Wild active nite in Spokane

While standing outside of the shelter downtown, approx 17:55hrs I was getting some fresh air and scanning the early nighttime skies with the constellation Orion observable entirely to the NE-S. And as I took this in just below Orion's belt, the bottom most star did a faint, yet descernable red -flash!- appear. I kept my gaze in this general area and followed a blue coloured -flash!-...and some stillness. Followed by a solid red sphere appearing under Orion's belt in the general same area, and then vanish. This entire event at this point has taken 10min approx. I took all of this in and walked out of the well lit gated area. Crossed the street to a less lit area to have another look.

As I stood on the sidewalk where there were only high standing street lights looking back up towards Orion again. Immediately to the left (N) of Orion sat in the dark sky a two star formation. Sat up there in a N-S position. As I kept my gaze upon this formation it began to expand (stars began slowly moving away from each other) in N-S trajectory. As was moving, clearly observable it began rotating counter clockwise to 180°. As the N star is now the S star and vice versa, while continuing to move away from each other. The northernly star stops forward momentum and remains static. The S trajectory star keeps moving away from the area and pulls a familiar action of, 'flit, flit, flit', glows bright, 'flit' and vanish to blip out.

Gone. Needless to say I was gobsmacked at this display.

Posted 2024-02-15