NUFORC Sighting 76392

Occurred: 2010-07-06 22:00 Local
Reported: 2010-07-10 19:19 Pacific
Duration: 60 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Dorchester, MA, USA

Shape: Sphere

Drifting, wobbly light moving quickly across the night sky and disappearing

Wife and I were sitting on the porch swing and noticed a very bright, drifting star - brighter than Venus by several magnitude - moving quickly from northwest to southwest. Too fast for a plane, too quiet as well, not high enough for a satellite. It wobbled slightly as it moved, but moved smoothly. After passing over our home, it dimmed and disappeared completely.

We stayed outside to see if it would come again - say on a second rotation if it were a satellite. However, never saw it again. Wife mentioned she saw it earlier in the evening hovering on the horizon. Thought it was an extremely bright star.

NUFORC Note:

Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. We suspect that both sightings from Dorchester, Massachusetts, submitted by the same person, are of the International Space Station. PD

Posted 2010-07-19