NUFORC Sighting 106123

Occurred: 2014-01-06 19:00 Local
Reported: 2014-01-08 10:15 Pacific
Duration: 20 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: San Diego, CA, USA

Shape: Light

White round light, high in northwest sky. Brighter than Jupiter. Slowly shrank to the size of satellite, then moved to the northwest.

I saw a bright light high in the north east sky. It was white and perfectly round.

I could see Jupiter and the constellation of Orien. I know this light was not Sirius or Jupiter.

The magnitude was at least double that of Jupiter and at least three times the diameter.

As I watched over a period of 10 seconds, the light shrank until it became the size and brightness of a satellite. I watched as it moved to the northwest. It looked exactly like a satellite as it moved into shadow. My impression was that it must be a satellite, but what caused the light?

Posted 2014-01-10