NUFORC Sighting 171072

Occurred: 2022-08-10 22:00 Local
Reported: 2022-08-11 20:05 Pacific
Duration: 30 min
No of observers: 2

Location: Lacey, WA, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Emitted beams, Changed Colo

Fiery red egg shaped object rose above tree line and maneuvered up and down for 30 seconds

I live on a lake that has a wide view that covers Mt Ranier to JBLM military base. It started when I saw a red glow coming from near JBLM. I thought there might be a fire, or they were blowing stuff up as usual. The only thing is that I hear the explosions all the time, and last night it was really quiet. After the sky glowed and flickered red for 10 minutes, a fiery glowing red/orange egg shaped object rose above the tree line. For about a minute it just sat right at the tree line, almost looking like a sunset. It was 10pm when I started taking pictures, and the sunsets on the opposite side from where I was filming. I would've otherwise thought it was a missile or explosion, but it just sat there hovering. After some time it moved up above the tree line and become fully visible. It moved up and down, and then left and right for a few seconds, and then descended back beneath the tree line.

It went dark again for another 15 minutes, and then it rose again above the tree line but this time it was much dimmer, but bright enough to track it. It flew over toward mt ranier, really quickly and hovered there for another 10 minutes or so. Then it started moving again, except it got dimmer quickly and almost vanished in an instant. Not sure what that was...

The pictures dont really do it justice. It looks like a sunset but the sun does not set over mt ranier from where i live near olympia. Its opposite of the mountain, and it was after 10pm.

Posted 2022-09-09