NUFORC Sighting 13855

Occurred: 2000-08-20 23:05 Local
Reported: 2000-08-21 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 5 min
No of observers: 1

Location: Placerville, CA, USA

Shape: Unknown

Bright orange object moving in a east/northeasterly direction

I was out taking a break when I noticed to the north west a bright orange glowing object moving in an easterly/north easterly direction. The object was shimmering, similar to a star, only bright orange. While I was watching the object dimmed and brightened several times. It seemed to be moving very slowly. The object stayed about 5-10 degrees above the horizon as it moved. It moved about 10-15 degrees in the 5 minutes I watched it. I lost sight of the object after the 5 minutes.

Posted 2000-08-25