NUFORC Sighting 144255

Occurred: 2019-01-01 21:30 Local
Reported: 2019-01-01 22:46 Pacific
Duration: 10-15 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Dundee, OR, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Color, Aircraft nearby

Two round red lights in the night sky in Oregon.

I was facing South in my backyard when I saw two round red lights moving from South to North, I watched them for about five minutes. They were less than 30 degrees above the horizon. There was no moon and these lights were brighter and larger than any star in the sky or a passing airplane. They appeared to be coming towards us because they were getting brighter in red color.

The first occurrence was two red lights moving together, one in the lower right position and the other in the upper left flying fairly close to each other.

After getting brighter, the lower right one dimmed quickly and then turned white before disappearing. About two minutes later the upper left one did the same thing. This was repeated in the second occurrence.

The second occurrence, happened about five minutes after the first occurrence completely disappeared. They followed the exact same pattern.

There was no pattern to the pulsing of the red lights.

NUFORC Note:

We spoke with the source of the report, and found him to be quite eloquent and sober-minded. We suspect that he is an excellent, and reliable, witness. PD

Posted 2019-01-04