A "star" looking object traeling across the sky, dissapearing behind a tree, then coming back out brighter then fading to blackness.
My famiily and I were camping that weekend on Petit Jean Mountain (in Ark.),and I love the topic of UFOs, so I thought I'd watch the stars. Since I live in Little Rock, the city lights block out most of the stars. Anyway, Me and my brother were watching the stars when we see an object, more like a star, traveling across the sky. I know it wasn't a meteor, because I commonly watch for those. I also knew it wasn't a satelitte, because they havesome sort of blinking to them. It looked like a star going across the sky. I kept my eye on it until it went behind a tree. I didn't se it come out the other side, so I thought it was wierd. A few minutes later, I see this BRIGHT light (like 50 stars put together) come back the opposite direction from behind the same tree. I saw it and shined my flash light at it and it became dimmer and dimmer until it was the same "star" I had seen earlier traveling across the sky. I shined my light at it again, and it faded into nothingness. I guess it became as black as the night sky. It wasn't a helicopter, because there was no noise, or a plane for the same reason. It just traveled across the sky in a straiht line. a white light.
((NUFORC Note: We cannot be certain what it was the witness observed, but it seems reminiscent of an orbitting object. The fact that it dimmed is characteristic of a satellite as it "flies" into the shadow of the Earth, and is no longer illuminated by sunlight. There are several very large objects in orbit that have a very bright reflection albedo, e.g. Mir, the Space Shuttle, and the I.S.S.. Also, the Iridium satellites can cause some of what the witness describes. However, we are not certain. PD))
My famiily and I were camping that weekend on Petit Jean Mountain (in Ark.),and I love the topic of UFOs, so I thought I'd watch the stars. Since I live in Little Rock, the city lights block out most of the stars. Anyway, Me and my brother were watching the stars when we see an object, more like a star, traveling across the sky. I know it wasn't a meteor, because I commonly watch for those. I also knew it wasn't a satelitte, because they havesome sort of blinking to them. It looked like a star going across the sky. I kept my eye on it until it went behind a tree. I didn't se it come out the other side, so I thought it was wierd. A few minutes later, I see this BRIGHT light (like 50 stars put together) come back the opposite direction from behind the same tree. I saw it and shined my flash light at it and it became dimmer and dimmer until it was the same "star" I had seen earlier traveling across the sky. I shined my light at it again, and it faded into nothingness. I guess it became as black as the night sky. It wasn't a helicopter, because there was no noise, or a plane for the same reason. It just traveled across the sky in a straiht line. a white light.
((NUFORC Note: We cannot be certain what it was the witness observed, but it seems reminiscent of an orbitting object. The fact that it dimmed is characteristic of a satellite as it "flies" into the shadow of the Earth, and is no longer illuminated by sunlight. There are several very large objects in orbit that have a very bright reflection albedo, e.g. Mir, the Space Shuttle, and the I.S.S.. Also, the Iridium satellites can cause some of what the witness describes. However, we are not certain. PD))
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Little Rock
USA
3 minutes
3 minutes
34.74
-92.37
light
AR
Occurred : 7/14/2000 23:00 (Entered as : 07/14/00 23:00) Reported: 8/12/2000 13:32 Posted: 8/19/2000 Location: Little Rock, AR Shape: Light Duration: 3 minutes Characteristics: There were lights on the object
A "star" looking object traeling across the sky, dissapearing behind a tree, then coming back out brighter then fading to blackness.