NUFORC Sighting 45172

Occurred: 2005-06-05 21:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2005-07-19 16:57 Pacific
Duration: 8 to 10 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Lancaster, CA, USA

Shape: Light

Dissolving "Stars"

We live in the High Desert of Los Angeles County.

Since the beginning of June up to the most recent event last week, we keep seeing what we call, for lack of a better term, "dissolving stars". We are reporting this to see if anyone else is seeing the same thing. It usually happens between 9pm and 11pm when we take our dogs out into our backyard before bedtime. We sit in our chairs facing the northern sky and look at the stars. The "star" enters our field of view from the northwestern sky (around the 10 o'clock position), and flies in a steady but very erratic up/down pattern. It then flys to the northeast (around the 1 o'clock position) at a steady speed, keeping its up/down erratic pattern, and then suddenly...poof! It's gone. Since the beginning of June we have witnessed this event 6 times. It is a steady, bright looking "star" and has no flashing lights, identifiable form, etc. Has anyone else seen these "stars"? We definitely know from the flight pattern that it is entering or near to entering restricted airspace over Edwards Air Force Base. We have numerous flights of commercial and personal aircraft over our house on a daily basis- but not one of them ever fly into the airspace heading towards Edwards. There is a definite flight pattern these normal aircraft take around this restricted airspace- and yet, these stars head into that direction until they "dissolve". Very unusual.

NUFORC Note:

Witness indicates that date of incident is approximate. The witnesses probably are observing satellites fly into the shadow cast by the Earth. PD

Posted 2005-09-02