NUFORC Sighting 176032

Occurred: 2023-06-03 21:37 Local
Reported: 2023-06-04 19:38 Pacific
Duration: 30 secs - 45 secs
No of observers: 1

Location: Independence, MO, USA
Location details: south west heading north, ended under the north star

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Changed Colo

Light travels north in a straight line, disappears twice in it's path and shoots straight down to the ground in a bright light

9:37 pm, sun has set, clear sky. A light travels into my view, my chair is facing north I'm looking to the left, (west) I see Venus and more south a light travels into my view heading north. I thought it was a satellite but it was slightly faster or lower then what I normally see from satellites. It was a light blue color or white. The intensity of the light changed as it moved north. I saw it go completely dark or invisible before it lit back up further along in the sky. I stood up to follow it's path and tried finding it with binoculars but it went dark for the 2nd time. I'm facing straight north, standing and looking for movement in the dark sky and I see a very bright streak of light shoot straight down to the ground. It looked like 2 parallel white lights beaming straight down and a red light that was more dim than the two parallel white lights, the red light was on the right side of the 2 white lights.

I honestly gasped and thought a plane had gone down at a very fast speed and for a moment expected to see or hear an explosion. No sound other than normal chirps and birds. If I was forced to give a prosaic explanation it was an odd satellite that was lower and faster than others plus a meteor falling from the sky. I can't get a prosaic explanation to fit into what I saw. I think it was one object moving north, changing in visibility, then got to it's location and shot straight down. I felt frozen for 5 mins looking at the sky trying to figure out what I saw and what I should do. I felt compelled to report the sighting, it was not a trick of the light or something I think I saw. I know I saw it, I was amazed and shocked.

Posted 2023-07-10