NUFORC UFO Sighting 135177

Occurred: 2017-07-09 04:30 Local
Reported: 2017-07-15 23:24 Pacific
Duration: 5 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Jefferson, GA, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object

Strange flashing light, no rhythm, and wildly varying intensity, moving west to east.

I went out to have a smoke at around 4:30 AM. I do this often, and am always looking up for shooting stars, satellites, etc. I saw a slightly yellowish/white light in the Western sky flash dimly then go out.

I kept watching the same area of the sky, and several seconds later, the light appeared again, but about 5 times as bright, and the light stayed on for at least 3 seconds, and had moved some distance toward the east.

It then flashed dimly several seconds later, then again dimly, then very brightly and for a longer duration. There was no rhythm to this flashing at all, it was very random, and definitely was not a plane. I’ve seen many satellites, and this was very different. For one, it was much slower, and secondly, on a strange west to east path, thirdly, satellites don’t flash.

The strangest thing though, I went out the very next night, and saw the exact same object, same trajectory, only slightly further south in the sky.

I don’t know what it was, but it was definitely unidentified by this long time sky watcher.

Posted 2017-07-23