NUFORC Sighting 13042

Occurred: 2000-06-05 23:30 Local
Reported: 2000-06-06 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 1 minute
No of observers: 6

Location: San Francisco, CA, USA

Shape:
Characteristics: Lights on object

star like stop and go satellite

A white star-like object moving south off the Pacific coast I was standing on a 5th floor deck of a building in downtown San Francisco looking up toward the Northwest when I saw what appreared to be a faint star moving southward. At first I thought it was a satellite way out in the distance but then it stopped and just hung there, then proceeded again in the same direction it was originally moving. It was a whitish light just like a star and was pretty far away. I would imagine that when I started watching it, it was almost straight up overhead. Anyway, after it started moving again it seemed to arc upward a bit and then descend again. Then it stopped a second time. When it started moving again it went almost straight upward for a couple of seconds then moved down and continued on it's original path. I knew then that it was not a plane and I don't think satellites stop like this. It soon faded almost directly over head. This is the second time I have seen something like this. Several of us saw it.

Posted 2000-06-21

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