Faint Star-like object moved from point A to point B, disappeared for some time, appeared again at point B, traveled back to A.
Being a frequent star gazer in my college days, I enjoyed scanning and observing (without any gadgets) several man-made satellites moving across the night sky. But one evening, I noticed something very mysterious that has puzzled me ever since. Here’s my report from whatever I can recollect.
WHAT: It was the usual star-like object (a bit on the fainter side; constant brightness; no flicker), almost directly overhead me, whose movement I could follow for about 5 seconds only, for it disappeared abruptly. Distance the object traveled in this 5 sec. period was approximately equivalent to width of 3 fingers on outstretched arm. Curiosity gripped me since it was a cloudless sky! I kept scanning that area for another 30 seconds or so… and I was rewarded because it reappeared exactly at that very spot where it had disappeared - but was now moving in exactly the opposite direction and traversing its earlier path only to disappear again after 5 seconds at that very spot where it had appeared for the first time!! I must have spent another good 15-20 minutes observing that region, but nothing more happened.
In short: First it moved from point A to point B and disappeared for some time; it appeared again at point B, traveled back to A and disappeared, thereafter.
Direction of movement (if memory serves me right) was Westerly to Easterly first; and then in reverse.
WHEN: Most probably 1983 (or ± One Year Maximum); Time = 8PM approx.
WHERE: [Lat= 22.21169748; Lon= 84.48497996; Sea Level= 248 m] Gomardih/Gomardhi, Orissa State, Eastern India.
((NUFORC Note: Source of report indicates that the date of the incident is approximate. PD))
Being a frequent star gazer in my college days, I enjoyed scanning and observing (without any gadgets) several man-made satellites moving across the night sky. But one evening, I noticed something very mysterious that has puzzled me ever since. Here’s my report from whatever I can recollect.
WHAT: It was the usual star-like object (a bit on the fainter side; constant brightness; no flicker), almost directly overhead me, whose movement I could follow for about 5 seconds only, for it disappeared abruptly. Distance the object traveled in this 5 sec. period was approximately equivalent to width of 3 fingers on outstretched arm. Curiosity gripped me since it was a cloudless sky! I kept scanning that area for another 30 seconds or so… and I was rewarded because it reappeared exactly at that very spot where it had disappeared - but was now moving in exactly the opposite direction and traversing its earlier path only to disappear again after 5 seconds at that very spot where it had appeared for the first time!! I must have spent another good 15-20 minutes observing that region, but nothing more happened.
In short: First it moved from point A to point B and disappeared for some time; it appeared again at point B, traveled back to A and disappeared, thereafter.
Direction of movement (if memory serves me right) was Westerly to Easterly first; and then in reverse.
WHEN: Most probably 1983 (or ± One Year Maximum); Time = 8PM approx.
WHERE: [Lat= 22.21169748; Lon= 84.48497996; Sea Level= 248 m] Gomardih/Gomardhi, Orissa State, Eastern India.
((NUFORC Note: Source of report indicates that the date of the incident is approximate. PD))
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Occurred : 6/30/1983 20:00 (Entered as : 1983 20:00) Reported: 12/26/2016 10:27:02 AM 10:27 Posted: 12/30/2016 Location: Gomardhi (India), Shape: Other Duration: 5 seconds
Faint Star-like object moved from point A to point B, disappeared for some time, appeared again at point B, traveled back to A.