12/23/2013: Kipahulu, HI, USA

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Occurred : 12/23/2013 21:58 (Entered as : 12/23/13 21:58) Reported: 12/26/2013 5:31:48 PM 17:31 Posted: 1/10/2014 Location: Kipahulu, HI Shape: Cylinder Duration: 3 minutes Characteristics: The object left a trail, There was an aura or haze around the object
Red/orange object streaks, then floats for three minutes across the sky. Talking to my wife while sitting outside, I saw a bright red/orange object streaking across the sky, starting in a position toward the horizon from Orion's belt. I couldn't speak but nudged my wife so many times that she turned and saw it too. It left an oddly straight and even trail for a brief moment (which was also red/orange), maybe one second in duration. Then the tail disappeared and the speed reduced considerably. It looked like a glowing red oval/cylinder. Both of us recall thick black stripes inside a large portion of the object, kind of like a grill. The object maintained its red/orange glow and cruised at a constant speed and altitude in a westerly (southwesterly) direction until it disappeared in a slow double flash (which could just have atmospheric interference perhaps) just above the horizon. On a side note, two nights earlier at 21:00, I was standing in the same place and saw a rapid double flash of white light) about the same magnitude as Venus. The object two nights later came from approximately the same region in the sky.

National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report

Occurred : 12/23/2013 21:58 (Entered as : 12/23/13 21:58)
Reported: 12/26/2013 5:31:48 PM 17:31
Posted: 1/10/2014
Location: Kipahulu, HI
Shape: Cylinder
Duration: 3 minutes
Characteristics: The object left a trail, There was an aura or haze around the object

Red/orange object streaks, then floats for three minutes across the sky.

Talking to my wife while sitting outside, I saw a bright red/orange object streaking across the sky, starting in a position toward the horizon from Orion's belt.

I couldn't speak but nudged my wife so many times that she turned and saw it too. It left an oddly straight and even trail for a brief moment (which was also red/orange), maybe one second in duration. Then the tail disappeared and the speed reduced considerably. It looked like a glowing red oval/cylinder. Both of us recall thick black stripes inside a large portion of the object, kind of like a grill. The object maintained its red/orange glow and cruised at a constant speed and altitude in a westerly (southwesterly) direction until it disappeared in a slow double flash (which could just have atmospheric interference perhaps) just above the horizon.

On a side note, two nights earlier at 21:00, I was standing in the same place and saw a rapid double flash of white light) about the same magnitude as Venus. The object two nights later came from approximately the same region in the sky.