NUFORC Sighting 97497

Occurred: 2013-05-01 03:20 Local
Reported: 2013-05-01 19:05 Pacific
Duration: 15 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Stillwater, OK, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Left a trail

Bright "star" dimmed then picked up speed, shot across the sky then altered direction and disappeared.

I was looking at a bright star above and a little to the southwest of me. (This all happened in about 10-15 seconds) I observed the "star" start to dim and I first thought a cloud was covering it but it was a clear sky. The "star" seemed to have disappeared, but I noticed it was still there when I saw that it started to move in a northern direction.

The object progressively picked up speed, (~2 second duration) once it reached a speed about what a shooting star would travel it changed direction towards the western sky and disappeared. The object didn't change directions in a 90 degree fashion but made a sharp curve.

Posted 2013-05-15