Occurred: 2006-04-29 23:30 Local
Reported: 2006-05-03 17:30 Pacific
Duration: 8 minutes
No of observers: 5

Location: Portland, OR, USA

Shape: Fireball


7 orange "fireballs" in two groups over downtown Portland, OR

Three of us were walking south towards downtown Portland, OR in NW neighborhood Saturday, April 29th around 11:30 pm. From SW direction appeared 4 "fireballs," or circular/spherical shaped lights of orange/ gold. They were all the same size(about 4 times the size of large visible planet) and moving at the same speed (slower than low airplane) in a loosely formed line. They were about 1/2 to 3/4 less bright than an airplane headlight, but soft and diffused, almost fuzzy at edges. They were not flashing but barely pulsating with no pattern, and there was no sound. We really had no sense of how far away they were or how big, it was impossible to distinguish. They were heading NE then took a wide turn towards SE. They appeared to be directly over downtown area. After their turn they slowed to a stop, and stayed without moving for a few minutes, then they slowly began to get smaller/ fade. They still were not moving, unless exactly away from us (I lined them up with a building to check for motion. One dissapeared quicker then the others, and before the others did also, two more lights, exactly the same size, color shape, speed, appeared from the SE in the exact spot as the first group, and continued along the same "path" and dissapeared where the others had. Other people on the street saw them too, but only one other person stopped to watch them with our group of three. The entire sighting lasted about 8- 10 minutes.




NUFORC Note:

One of several sighting reports from residents of Portland. PD


Posted 2006-05-15

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