NUFORC Sighting 70984

Occurred: 2009-07-04 22:00 Local
Reported: 2009-07-08 16:23 Pacific
Duration: 3 minutes
No of observers: 12

Location: Auburn, WA, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Changed Colo

Flashing orb confuses and amazes people in Auburn Washington

I was slightly away from the middle of our backyard, about to light a firework, when I saw something gold-ish orange in the Southern sky and I thought at first it was a firework, but it wasn't going off, it was flashing, and every time it dimmed, there were three smaller lights I could see. The smaller lights compared to the other light seemed stationary and in the rough shape of a triangle. I heard people saying "What is that" and people were scrambling to get a camera. It was going in a straight line, and the light dimmed as it was heading away in a straight line towards the West. It appeared to be solid, but also appeared to be made of light. I felt confusion when I saw it, because I could not tell what it was. The main reason I would not think of it as normal aircraft is because it didn't have those safety lights, and it didn't appear to blink, but it seemed to be fading in and our from the orang-ish gold color to the three smaller lights. While I was watching it, everything seemed to be quieter than normal. Kind of like the same effect snow has - Where everything seems quiet. I seemed to see a lot of detail in it even without wearing my glasses.

Posted 2009-08-05

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