NUFORC Sighting 172491

Occurred: 2022-10-19 21:00 Local
Reported: 2022-10-19 23:18 Pacific
Duration: 2 hours at least
No of observers: 4

Location: Phoenix, AZ, USA
Location details: 4521 E. Calle Del Medio- back yard of my home

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object, Animals reacted

I saw a bright star relatively high in the sky. I noted that it was moving erratically. It moved left, right, up, down, forward, back

The first light moved erratically in every direction. It bobbed up and down and flew all kinds of patterns. My wife and 12 year old son saw it. My son got scared and went inside. I’ve always observed the night sky as a passing interest and I took an astronomy course in college. I know what satellites look like. Ive also observed the passing space station. These looked nothing like those. I’ve seen satellites move in multiple directions but never like this. The movements looked playful. Flying loops, circles, bouncing up and down and back and forth. I called my parents who live higher up on a mountain in extreme NE Scottsdale. They saw it, too. While we were talking, we realized there were multiple objects engaging in the same behavior. I can say I saw 3 moving objects but there may have been more. My parents could see them, too. They saw them moving. One was west of my home. The second was almost directly over my home. The third was south of my home. They did not appear to be close to earth but it was difficult to judge their altitude. The one to the west was a white light. The one above my home was a yellow light but very bright. I suspect that there were more than 3 but trees blocked my view. I went inside at 10:30 pm and the three objects I had observed were still there.

Posted 2022-12-22