7/18/2016: Gunnison, CO, USA

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Occurred : 7/18/2016 21:00 (Entered as : 071816 21:00) Reported: 7/19/2016 12:15:40 AM 00:15 Posted: 7/22/2016 Location: Gunnison, CO Shape: Circle Duration: 4 seconds
Large round light came from above in one smooth 3-4 second movement, then disappeared. My husband thought it had a “tail,” but I did not see one. It was right in front of us while driving westward toward Gunnison after sunset. We were less than 10 miles from Gunnison. By “large,” I mean too big to be a shooting star or an airplane light. I thought it might be a meteor but the “burn out” wasn’t quite right, and the size and shape didn’t really fit either. Meteor might explain it though--hoping other people saw it. I guess I would say it was like an oncoming headlight, way up in the sky, coming slowly. No cars were on the highway with us at the time (we checked,)

National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report

Occurred : 7/18/2016 21:00 (Entered as : 071816 21:00)
Reported: 7/19/2016 12:15:40 AM 00:15
Posted: 7/22/2016
Location: Gunnison, CO
Shape: Circle
Duration: 4 seconds

Large round light came from above in one smooth 3-4 second movement, then disappeared. My husband thought it had a “tail,” but I did not see one. It was right in front of us while driving westward toward Gunnison after sunset. We were less than 10 miles from Gunnison.

By “large,” I mean too big to be a shooting star or an airplane light. I thought it might be a meteor but the “burn out” wasn’t quite right, and the size and shape didn’t really fit either. Meteor might explain it though--hoping other people saw it. I guess I would say it was like an oncoming headlight, way up in the sky, coming slowly. No cars were on the highway with us at the time (we checked,)