NUFORC Sighting 122424

Occurred: 2015-09-29 21:07 Local
Reported: 2015-09-29 21:23 Pacific
Duration: <25 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Shelton, WA, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object

Bright white light moving & slowly fading away

I had just sat down on the porch (facing NNW) for a smoke at 9:07pm PDT on 09-29-2015. When I looked up, I saw a bright white light approx. 50° up from the horizon to the north. It had an apparent magnitude of -4.5 to -5 -- approximately that of the planet Venus at perigee from Earth.

It moved very slowly from N to S and began to decrease in intensity slowly and smoothly; reaching extinction approx. 25 seconds after I first spotted it.

The light color was pure white with no color tints; though there ***MAY*** have been a faint reddish corona around it, when it was at maximum intensity.

Weather conditions at the time were clear, temperature 54.10°F (12.28°C), and calm winds.

Posted 2015-10-02