NUFORC Sighting 70997

Occurred: 2009-07-04 22:00 Local
Reported: 2009-07-09 06:29 Pacific
Duration: 3.5 minutes
No of observers: 12

Location: Auburn, WA, USA

Shape: Disk
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Changed Colo

7 year old describes red ufo at 4th of July gathering

7 year old grand daughter interviewed: She said that she saw a blue, star-like object first, and that it moved very fast and was high up in the sky, nearly straight up. She said she didn't tell anyone because she got distracted by all the fireworks. She then said that she saw a red, circular 'space ship' that she thought was a balloon at first, but changed her mind when it got closer and she saw that it moved more like a plane, not 'bumping around' and there was no string. She added that it looked to be made of glass with a bright red light inside it. She said that she felt scared at first and then happy, and that she did not hear anything unusual. I asked if it had a happy face on it, and she said it did not. I asked if it flashed at all and she said yes, a lighter red or orange, from the middle. I asked her if she could see the shape clearly, and she said she could not because the light was bright, but that she felt as it went away "In a flat line" it seemed to her that it changed and became longer in shape. She indicated that she first saw it coming from the South at about the same level as the commercial planes that go overhead many times a day, but that when it got closer, it seemed lower and closer than a plane. She feels she may have thought it was higher at first but realized it was much lower when it came closer, not that it suddenly dove down. When it left, she said it rose slightly and went up and to the West before she could no longer see it. She said that she did not see the light go out, but it faded into the distance and continued to flash in a regular pattern. She would like to know where it came from *smiles*. So would we.

Posted 2009-08-05