NUFORC Sighting 178533

Occurred: 2023-10-04 21:00 Local
Reported: 2023-10-04 22:29 Pacific
Duration: 3 sightings in 15 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Aurora, OR, USA
Location details: 13006 Mapleleaf ct ne

Shape: Unknown
Characteristics: Lights on object

Sitting on deck in dark, I live near a small airport. Saw what I thought was a routine plane coming in. But something seemed off about its movement to catch my eye. It was not moving forward in a usual flight path. Figured perception off, but kept watching. It seemed to stall. Then reverse. Then disappear momentarily and then reappear and go in more irradic pattern, up, down, side to side. Now I am really paying attention. Flashing lights, maybe blue and red (yes, like a plane) and oval. It’s dark and I couldn’t see an outline. Seemed to be closer and smaller than a plane, but bigger and higher than a drone would fly. No sound like a helicopter. And they are loud usually. No sound like a plan either. This initial siting went on for maybe 2-3 minutes. And then it went in the opposite direction it was initially coming and disappeared/ went behind trees. It did not come back that way. Maybe 5-10 later it was in a different place not far. Blinking lights. If I had to make a guess, a few thousand feet up. But flew in a more normal pattern, smoother. Went behind trees in sight. Did not come out other end. 5 minutes later, same flight path, gone. These very brief, 30 seconds. However between siting 2-3 in second location, clouds had rolled in, where before it was a clear sky. The object was flying below clouds at this time to give an idea of how high in the sky.
I stayed outside another 15-20 minutes and do not see again and went inside.
I contacted my neighbors to see if anyone was flying a drone at 9:08 pm pst, that was right after second siting. Even though it was much higher than a drone, figured my eyes could be deceiving. No one in our rural neighborhood admitted to knowing what it was.

Posted 2023-10-28