NUFORC Sighting 35544

Occurred: 2004-03-11 05:00 Local
Reported: 2004-03-11 06:55 Pacific
Duration: 15 Seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Spokane Valley, WA, USA

Shape: Light

A bright, white object near the North Star completely faded rapidly in clear skies.

A white dot near the North Star as bright as, perhaps brighter than, Jupiter. (Jupiter had set about 6 hours earlier and it was impossible for any planet to have been in this part of the sky anyway.) It did not twinkle. Almost immediately after I had first set eyes on it, it began to fade rapidly and steadily until it vanished. At first I thought that a cloud had passed in front of it but then I noticed that the sky all around was completely clear. To be sure that it hadn't been covered by a small, isolated cloud, I continued to watch. It did not reappear even after a minute or so.

Posted 2004-03-17