NUFORC Sighting 71309

Occurred: 2009-07-24 22:15 Local
Reported: 2009-07-25 18:58 Pacific
Duration:
No of observers: 1

Location: Pendleton, SC, USA

Shape: Sphere

White light vanished as it moved across sky.

10:15PM. Clear, dry weather conditions, little or no wind. Humidity level was very low, as a weather system cleaned out the humidity several hours earlier. Stars were visable in every direction. I saw what would have looked like an extremely bright star move across the sky from SW to NE. It was approximately 10X brighter than the brightest star, and moved in a straight line. I witnessed this for about 20 seconds. It was much slower than any meteorite and moved about the speed of a jet. There were no blinking lights, and after 20 seconds, it dimmed, then dissapeared. When it disappeared, there were no clouds in the sky, and I could see stars in every direction around where it vanished. It was extremely bright before this happened, and there was no noise whatsoever. It was whitish to a faint blue in color.

Posted 2009-08-05