NUFORC Sighting 38652

Occurred: 2004-08-13 21:35 Local
Reported: 2004-08-13 21:52 Pacific
Duration: 1 min
No of observers: 0

Location: Mercer Island, WA, USA

Shape: Other
Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Colo

red flashing light moving erratically in the sky and changing speed.

I was watching the sky cause I took my dog out to go do her business and I saw what I thought was a satellite. So, I was watching it move really quickly across, like most satellites do, when it started flashing red. [The reason we see satellites is they are far enough out in the earths orbit, that the sunlight hits them and reflects back to earth] When it started flashing red I followed it even more intensely, when it suddenly slowed down. I had now reasoned that it was not a satellite due to the blinking and slowing down. I figured thus it must be an airplane that’s just at an extremely high altitude. But two things got in the way. A: Why didn’t I see the red flashes of light earlier and B: How could it slow down to almost a complete halt. To top it off, the object took a 90-degree turn and sped up and the red flashing got brighter and more rapid. (It might have been a coincidence with a passing plane I just didn’t see, but at the time it sped up, I heard a faint, low rumble like a rocket). That is all I have to say.

Posted 2004-08-24