NUFORC Sighting 86006

Occurred: 2011-12-22 20:50 Local
Reported: 2011-12-22 21:15 Pacific
Duration: 3 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Hermiston, OR, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aircraft nearby

Orange light flying over Hermiston, Oregon

While leaving a building in downtown Hermiston, Oregon, this evening, I saw a bright orange light in the north-northwestern sky. It was moving in a steady line, rising like an aircraft gaining altitude. The color of the light was not the standard aviation red, but an orange color, with a tinge of white, that flickered rather than strobed. It was not a color typically produced by electric lights or LED's. At first I thought it was Mars, but it was too bright and it was moving. About an inch behind it (from my perception) there was an intermittent white flash - a tiny light the size of a satellite, but following the orange light. As the orange light rose, it began to fade and eventually disappeared, as did the white light. I also caught a red light of the same size as the white light flash only once. This was a standard aviation/LED red and could have been an aircraft.




NUFORC Note:

Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD


Posted 2012-01-12

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