NUFORC Sighting 69294

Occurred: 2001-09-20 23:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2009-03-19 23:29 Pacific
Duration: 1 second
No of observers: 1

Location: Renton, WA, USA

Shape: Flash

Large White Flash above Renton.

After reading some of these reports, I decided to discuss my own sighting. Unfortunately I can’t remember the date, but I believe it was in 2001.

I was driving on Maple Valley Highway near Jones Rd going west, at about 10:30 or 11:0p.m. The sky was clear, and stars were visible.

I saw something in my peripheral in the upper right hand corner of the windshield. It was some sort of light that moved strangely in the sky. I glanced up and the moment that I did, I saw a bright egg shaped light that flashed and grew smaller within a fraction of a second. It was like when you turn off an old TV and the light goes to the center of the screen, or a Sci-Fi movie where a spaceship zooms away at light speed.

I distinctly got the impression that it had moved away at an incredible speed. This would have been over Renton or 405 depending on the distance. It happened so fast that I wouldn’t be able to judge its exact location or distance, but I believe it was at least a hundred feet up.

The light was such a bright white that it left an imprint in my vision like when you stare at a light source for too long and you see a pink or green blob when you turn away. I would have dismissed this whole event, had it not been for the fact that I could still see that imprint.

I had a strong impulse to pull over and look in the sky in the direction it had gone, but there wasn’t a convenient place, as that stretch of road has no shoulder.

NUFORC Note:

Source of report indicates that the date of the incident is approximate. PD

Posted 2009-04-14