NUFORC UFO Sighting 131871

Occurred: 1983-06-30 20:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2016-12-26 10:27 Pacific
Duration: 5 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Gomardhi (India), , India

Shape: Other

Faint Star-like object moved from point A to point B, disappeared for some time, appeared again at point B, traveled back to A.

Being a frequent star gazer in my college days, I enjoyed scanning and observing (without any gadgets) several man-made satellites moving across the night sky. But one evening, I noticed something very mysterious that has puzzled me ever since. Here’s my report from whatever I can recollect.

WHAT: It was the usual star-like object (a bit on the fainter side; constant brightness; no flicker), almost directly overhead me, whose movement I could follow for about 5 seconds only, for it disappeared abruptly. Distance the object traveled in this 5 sec. period was approximately equivalent to width of 3 fingers on outstretched arm. Curiosity gripped me since it was a cloudless sky! I kept scanning that area for another 30 seconds or so… and I was rewarded because it reappeared exactly at that very spot where it had disappeared - but was now moving in exactly the opposite direction and traversing its earlier path only to disappear again after 5 seconds at that very spot where it had appeared for the first time!! I must have spent another good 15-20 minutes observing that region, but nothing more happened.

In short: First it moved from point A to point B and disappeared for some time; it appeared again at point B, traveled back to A and disappeared, thereafter.

Direction of movement (if memory serves me right) was Westerly to Easterly first; and then in reverse.

WHEN: Most probably 1983 (or ± One Year Maximum); Time = 8PM approx.

WHERE: [Lat= 22.21169748; Lon= 84.48497996; Sea Level= 248 m] Gomardih/Gomardhi, Orissa State, Eastern India.

NUFORC Note:

Source of report indicates that the date of the incident is approximate. PD

Posted 2016-12-30