NUFORC Sighting 23152

Occurred: 2002-05-29 18:50 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2002-06-05 07:33 Pacific
Duration: 45 seconds
No of observers: 0

Location: Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), , Ethiopia

Shape: Flash
Characteristics: Emitted beams

High altitude flashing light observed

Just after sunset, I was looking casually into the darkening but clear sky--some slight cloud cover (<10%) when I noticed a single light (white) flash from what seemed to be very high altitude. Brightness was equivalent to a evening star/planet and occurred in a 1 second flash.

I kept watching and this occurred again after maybe 3 seconds and it appeared the source had moved. It happened again a third time, also a few seconds later. I moved to the outside porch and watched intently in this area for another 10 minutes but saw nothing further.

The impression was of some object emitting a powerful flash from a very high altitude.

NUFORC Note:

Report is not inconsistent with the flash from a rocket booster tumbling in orbit. That is merely a guess, however. PD

Posted 2002-06-12