What I thought was venus was moving !
As I was watching tv I noticed a very bright "star" in the sky. I assumed it was a planet as it is usually where we see what we believe to be venus (to the west) It was so bright though, I thought I would make a note of where it was in the sky, and see if it would move. For the first half hour or so, it remained stationary. After that however, I started to notice it slowly moving to another part of the sky. It was very suttle to someone who might just be looking up, but it was definitely moving. It didn't seem to be of conventional origin for the mear fact that it moved so slowly. I was watching it by myself until my wife came in the room. She usually poo-poo's the idea of UFO's but when she saw it and saw it was moving, it kind of spooked her. We had binoculars handy so we watched it and saw a better view of the object. It was very bright, and every so often would change to part red. Sometimes more red than white. Now we knew it wasn't venus- plus it had moved so far. It took a little over an hour for the object to finally disappear over the mountain. When I first viewed the object through the binoculars, it appeared as a huge ball of light. I could not see any indication that it was a conventional craft. I am not an expert, and have only seen something peculiar one other time, but this one stumps both my wife and I. Please let me know if someone else saw this object or somehow this can be explained away. I am a believer, and for all I know, this thing has been sitting there before and I just didn't take the time to watch it. I would be very interested in knowing if others saw it.
As I was watching tv I noticed a very bright "star" in the sky. I assumed it was a planet as it is usually where we see what we believe to be venus (to the west) It was so bright though, I thought I would make a note of where it was in the sky, and see if it would move. For the first half hour or so, it remained stationary. After that however, I started to notice it slowly moving to another part of the sky. It was very suttle to someone who might just be looking up, but it was definitely moving. It didn't seem to be of conventional origin for the mear fact that it moved so slowly. I was watching it by myself until my wife came in the room. She usually poo-poo's the idea of UFO's but when she saw it and saw it was moving, it kind of spooked her. We had binoculars handy so we watched it and saw a better view of the object. It was very bright, and every so often would change to part red. Sometimes more red than white. Now we knew it wasn't venus- plus it had moved so far. It took a little over an hour for the object to finally disappear over the mountain. When I first viewed the object through the binoculars, it appeared as a huge ball of light. I could not see any indication that it was a conventional craft. I am not an expert, and have only seen something peculiar one other time, but this one stumps both my wife and I. Please let me know if someone else saw this object or somehow this can be explained away. I am a believer, and for all I know, this thing has been sitting there before and I just didn't take the time to watch it. I would be very interested in knowing if others saw it.
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Portland
USA
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1 hour
45.51
-122.66
light
OR
Occurred : 2/9/2001 20:00 (Entered as : 02/09/01 20:00) Reported: 2/10/2001 08:47 Posted: 2/18/2001 Location: Portland, OR Shape: Light Duration: 1 hour Characteristics: There were lights on the object, The object changed color
What I thought was venus was moving !