NUFORC Sighting 08215

Occurred: 1999-02-28 22:00 Local
Reported: 1999-07-03 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 00:01
No of observers: 1

Location: Cancun (Mexico), , Mexico

Shape: Changing
Characteristics: Changed Color, Aircraft nearby

Satilite like object then growing bright changing direction and moving rapidly upwards.

looking up into sky on a beach in cancun when I noticed what I tought was a passing satilite. the dot moved across the sky normally like a satilite would but then it hovered. Then it lite up with a brittinnt flash of light it appeared to grow in size(x4) then changed direction at a rapid speed and rose upward until it was no longer visible. It was white blue like a star at first then bright white. I'm a University grad, Canadian and an amater astronomer.

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100 Date: 02/28/99
110 Time: 21:00
120 Duration: 20 sec
130 Sighting City: cancun
165 Sighting Country: mexico
168 Number of Craft: 1
170 Witnesses: 1
172 Shape: Flash
180 Summary: previously filed as 03/28/99- this is the proper date

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NUFORC Note:

Witness corrected date to 28FE99. Corrected here. PD

Posted 1999-07-05