NUFORC Sighting 77393

Occurred: 2010-08-24 16:05 Local
Reported: 2010-08-24 15:35 Pacific
Duration: 4 minutes
No of observers: 3

Location: Garden City, ID, USA

Shape: Flash
Characteristics: Lights on object

Quick Flashing Object Ascends Over Fair Grounds And Pulses Motionless In Sky

Went outside to the back of my work building to have a smoke and was looking north towards the fair grounds. I was looking at one of the amusement park rides and noticed ascending right above it was a silver flashing metallic object that appeared at first glance to be a (chrome) mylar balloon rising up.

The object then began to rise at a much faster rate and the flashing of silver light became brighter not dimmer with altitude gain. The object rose straight up at least 500 feet from where I first saw it and was not affected by any winds aloft that would usually sway a balloon horizontally.

The object than became fixed in the sky in a perfect stop/non swaying motion and continued to pulse with flashes of silver going dim to very bright.

Some employees from a neighboring business had just come out the back of their building and I pointed the object out to them, the three of us watched for a few more minutes as the object continued to stay fixed in the ! sky as it pulsed.

Then the pulse stopped and the object was completely gone.

Posted 2010-08-24