NUFORC Sighting 135165

Occurred: 2017-07-15 23:10 Local
Reported: 2017-07-14 23:01 Pacific
Duration: 20-30 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Windsor (Canada), ON, Canada

Shape: Light


Red/orange light over Detroit.

After taking sunset pics from Windsor side of Detroit River, looking toward Detroit, the sky was darkening, when I noticed a small bright red/orange light coming from the north below high clouds over Detroit. I thought at first it was likely a plane or helicopter, but it was a single, unblinking light. I thought it may be a Chinese lantern, as I 'd seen several launched in the same area a year ago, but it wasn't a flame creating the light.

When I realized it had no easy explanation, I reached for my camera phone and quickly set it to the highest 4x magnification and tried to get a video, but full magnification didn't pick it up and while I was attempting to find it on screen, it disappeared.

It was a slow, steady moving light that came from the north (moderate winds from the west) that without changing speed, abruptly changed direction 3 times before it disappeared. It kind of resembled the speed of a satellite, but was a small, but bright unchanging red/orange light that flew under the high clouds.

Thought it might have been a drone, but it seemed to be a mile or more high and I didn't think drones flew that high.

Posted 2017-07-23

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