NUFORC Sighting 172378

Occurred: 2022-10-01 18:55 Local
Reported: 2022-10-13 19:26 Pacific
Duration: about 5 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Edmonton, AB, Canada
Location details: Parkview neighborhood, near the Valley Zoo, backyard deck

Shape: Disk
Characteristics: Changed Colo

Luminous disc changing colour from creamy orange to amber, disappearing, reappearing reddish changing gradually to purple, winking out.

Sighting Report
“Ship of Light” above Edmonton, AB, Canada, Oct. 1, 2022, just before 8 pm.
Alone, I was observing the south, west and north sunset sky from my backyard deck in the Parkview neighborhood of west-central Edmonton, AB at dusk. I noticed the first stars were coming out, so for some reason I stood and looked east over the house through very good quality binoculars, Nikon Monarch 7, 8x42.
At about 45 degrees elevation due east, apparently high over the centre of the city, I immediately spotted and was riveted by an unmoving, glowing ovoid, similar in size to Jupiter, but different in shape and (changing) colours. The colour differed markedly from anything I have ever seen in all my decades of sky watching, so I was instantly energized and focused.
I am familiar with how the usual planets look through these binos. Saturn is a beautiful little creamy disc. My first thought was that this new object looked weird, wrong, like a double-size Saturn seen through smokey skies—a disc, creamy amber, changing subtly to more orange-amber as I watched for 10 seconds or so. But I instantly recognized that it was too big, the wrong colour, and in the wrong spot to be Saturn. As it changed colour, and as the over all weirdness of it sunk in I realized I was definitely looking at a “UFO”.
I shifted position to steady the binos, but, of course, when I looked again seconds later the object was gone.
I scanned systematically with the binos for a little while (a minute?) and luckily the glowing disc reappeared in the same spot, same size and shape but redder this time.
I was absolutely fascinated because it looked just like a so-called “Ship of Light” from the Carlos Diaz film. As I watched for a minute or two, the disc shifted gradually from orange to reddish-amber, to red, to magenta, to violet, then finally to pure purple. Amazed and absolutely focused on absorbing the sight, I watched as the supposed ‘craft’ wavered somehow for a split second then suddenly shrank to a point of white light and winked out, reminding me of switching off an old tube tv.
The ‘craft’ did not reappear. The way it quaked, shrank and disappeared in a spark of light instantly confirmed to me that this was a real, anomalous phenomenon, probably freakin’ aliens, as it were.
The event lasted no more than 5 minutes and ended at 8 pm. No chance to take pix or video, sadly.
Estimated altitude would be a big guess, but “over 10,000 ft.”would be a safe bet. Guess at craft size would be “like the large Diaz-Mexican Ships of Llight”. Say at least 50ft., but more likely 100 to 200 ft. Too far away to sure of size or distance, but the impression was of decent size and height.
The light emitted was soft, not dazzling. The craft was stationary when under my observation.
This was the second good sighting over Edmonton I have made through binoculars in the last few months. I will write up my late July sighting shortly.

Posted 2022-12-22