4/12/2018: Spokane Valley, WA, USA

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Occurred : 4/12/2018 20:35 (Entered as : 04/12/18 20:35) Reported: 4/12/2018 10:39:31 PM 22:39 Posted: 4/13/2018 Location: Spokane Valley, WA Shape: Circle Duration: 20 minutes + Characteristics: There were lights on the object
Brilliant white orb hovering in western sky over Spokane. I witnessed my neighbor outside looking at the sky, he has never seen the stars as he is night blind. I stepped out onto our shared porch and he asks what that light in the sky was. I observed a bright white orb in the western sky, seeming to hover in place, my wife then stepped out to see what we were looking at. She observed the same object. I attempted to Google the planets as I am not an astronomer. The object stayed in place while I did this. I knew it wasn't Venus and far too bright to be a satellite. Fifteen minutes later, convinced it must be a planet, I went back inside with my wife. 20 minutes later I stepped out to leave for the grocery store and it was just gone. I viewed this object myself for about 15 minutes, my neighbor was viewing it 5 minutes before I stepped out on the porch. The light was brilliant white. It did not change intensity. No blinking, flashing, or any movement that I could discern. My wife said she felt like it was shifting positions ever so slightly, but I did not notice this. The sky was clear and stars were visible. We have regular air traffic in the western sky from our vantage point and have lived here for 4 years. My wife and I have not seen this before.

National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report

Occurred : 4/12/2018 20:35 (Entered as : 04/12/18 20:35)
Reported: 4/12/2018 10:39:31 PM 22:39
Posted: 4/13/2018
Location: Spokane Valley, WA
Shape: Circle
Duration: 20 minutes +
Characteristics: There were lights on the object

Brilliant white orb hovering in western sky over Spokane.

I witnessed my neighbor outside looking at the sky, he has never seen the stars as he is night blind. I stepped out onto our shared porch and he asks what that light in the sky was. I observed a bright white orb in the western sky, seeming to hover in place, my wife then stepped out to see what we were looking at. She observed the same object.

I attempted to Google the planets as I am not an astronomer. The object stayed in place while I did this. I knew it wasn't Venus and far too bright to be a satellite. Fifteen minutes later, convinced it must be a planet, I went back inside with my wife. 20 minutes later I stepped out to leave for the grocery store and it was just gone.

I viewed this object myself for about 15 minutes, my neighbor was viewing it 5 minutes before I stepped out on the porch. The light was brilliant white. It did not change intensity. No blinking, flashing, or any movement that I could discern. My wife said she felt like it was shifting positions ever so slightly, but I did not notice this. The sky was clear and stars were visible.

We have regular air traffic in the western sky from our vantage point and have lived here for 4 years. My wife and I have not seen this before.