NUFORC Sighting 104249

Occurred: 2013-11-07 18:30 Local
Reported: 2013-11-07 17:50 Pacific
Duration: ~1 minute
No of observers: 1

Location: Mobile, AL, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object

Bright and silent LED-light like object drifting through evening sky, lights fade and object eventually disappears.

This evening (7 November 2013), as I was returning to my dorm room, I briefly watched what I believe to be a UFO in the sky. Shortly after 6:30 I was crossing a sports field and returning to the dorm. I turned and looked over my shoulder at the moon and Jupiter (which was a little below the tree line) then I looked almost directly above me. I noticed two stars, one of which was as bright as Jupiter. I found this curious and became more intrigued when I noticed it moving. I thought it was a plane because of the airport nearby but even the planes highest up can be heard eventually. This made no noise, and had none of the usual lights you see on a plane. The best I can describe it was like someone was holding a giant LED flashlight and pointing it towards the ground.

After a few seconds light went out the way an ember dies, yet I could still see it. It was faint but obvious. It looked like its shape was long, perhaps like a rectangle, with white lights not near! ly as bright as the initial light on either end.

After that, whether it flew up to a higher altitude, left my range of vision, or was simply blotted out by the copper light in front of the building, I'm not quite sure, but it was gone.

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NUFORC Note:

Sighting of the "flare" of light from an Iridium satellite confirmed.

http://heavens-above.com/IridiumFlares.aspx?lat=30.69417&lng=-88.04305&loc=Mobile&alt=3&tz=CST

PD))

Posted 2013-11-11