NUFORC Sighting 158506

Occurred: 2020-08-08 08:00 Local
Reported: 2020-08-12 16:20 Pacific
Duration: 2 hours
No of observers: 5

Location: Ketchum, ID, USA

Shape: Other
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Aircraft nearby

Mysterious object in the skies of Idaho, disappears after 2 hrs.

WHAT IS IT? These photos were taken on Sat, Aug 8, 2020 at approx. 0800.

An Idaho family was camping 36.6 miles NW of Ketchum ID. ((In the Sawtooth National Recreation Area at Prairie Creek (East side) located on forest rd 178 off Hwy 75. (coordinates 43.816739, -114.594202) adjacent to 3 large peaks in the East, Easley Peak, Silver Peak, and Boulder Peak elev 11,458 ft(The Boulder Mountains)) We camped on Thurs, Fri, Sat, and Sun. Saturday was the only day this object was observed in the sky for approx. 2 hrs. Unfortunately, none of us saw it leave, but it was gone after about 2 hours. We had clear skies all 4 days. We noticed the object was not moving. We observed an airplane going overhead slightly to the north of the object, but definitely thousands of feet lower in the atmosphere. The object was in the North East sky and witnessed by five people. We captured these photographs after looking through binoculars and realizing there was something “black” at the top of the white dot.

Posted 2020-08-20

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