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Occurred : 8/23/2005 21:40 (Entered as : 21:40)
Reported: 8/23/2005 8:07:10 PM 20:07
Posted: 9/2/2005
Location: Washington, IN
Shape: Light
Duration:45 seconds
Bright Orange Lights in Southern Indiana in NW Sky

I let the dog out around 9:40 pm local time & noticed a bright orange ball of light in the West-Northwestern sky. It appeared & then disappeared. I thought it was a helicopter at first that turned away from me (no sound). Then the bright light reappeared with a orange spike going straight up into the clouds & disappeared again. Again, maybe a helicopter with a spotlight? Then the orange light appeared the final time, splitting into two equally bright orange lights before they both disappeared. I went back out with binoculars, but nothing else happened. (In fact, I am going back out now.)