Incredibly bright light, faded in then out, maybe super nova.
I'm only guessing at the date and time, it was definitely a couple of weeks before 9/11 and I saw a sighting in your database, in Ohio, similar to mine so I'm entering this as the date and time.
My husband and I went fishing for catfish after dark at a local public lake. It was a cloudless night. We had a Coleman lantern and I was watching the end of my rod looking for twitches that would mean I had a fish on. I suddenly noticed a light reflected in the water and I looked up to see a bright "star" that was rapidly getting brighter. I yelled to my husband who wasn't fishing and hadn't yet noticed it. For a second I thought it was a meteorite heading dead on for us as there was no movement at all. I was convinced for just a moment that we were going to get hit and die by meteorite! Then I noticed there were no "sparks" like I've seen in other fireballs I've witnessed and I next decided it must be a super nova. It got so bright it almost hurt my eyes, it lit up the woods around us, even brighter than a full moon would. It then started to dim at the same speed that it brightened and eventually faded away to nothing. It seemed to take a long time, but I'd guess it was actually around 30 seconds in duration.
If I remember correctly, I think I heard something reported on the local news a few days later involving a bright light or a super nova, but I'm not sure.
I have since seen aerial flares on TV and though they are similar to what I saw, flares actually have a floating feeling about them and they last much longer than my light. My light didn't "float", it definitely seemed to be outside earth's atmosphere.
I'm only guessing at the date and time, it was definitely a couple of weeks before 9/11 and I saw a sighting in your database, in Ohio, similar to mine so I'm entering this as the date and time.
My husband and I went fishing for catfish after dark at a local public lake. It was a cloudless night. We had a Coleman lantern and I was watching the end of my rod looking for twitches that would mean I had a fish on. I suddenly noticed a light reflected in the water and I looked up to see a bright "star" that was rapidly getting brighter. I yelled to my husband who wasn't fishing and hadn't yet noticed it. For a second I thought it was a meteorite heading dead on for us as there was no movement at all. I was convinced for just a moment that we were going to get hit and die by meteorite! Then I noticed there were no "sparks" like I've seen in other fireballs I've witnessed and I next decided it must be a super nova. It got so bright it almost hurt my eyes, it lit up the woods around us, even brighter than a full moon would. It then started to dim at the same speed that it brightened and eventually faded away to nothing. It seemed to take a long time, but I'd guess it was actually around 30 seconds in duration.
If I remember correctly, I think I heard something reported on the local news a few days later involving a bright light or a super nova, but I'm not sure.
I have since seen aerial flares on TV and though they are similar to what I saw, flares actually have a floating feeling about them and they last much longer than my light. My light didn't "float", it definitely seemed to be outside earth's atmosphere.
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Lancaster
USA
30 seconds
30 seconds
39.72
-82.61
light
OH
Occurred : 8/13/2001 22:31 (Entered as : 08/13/01 22:31) Reported: 3/24/2007 8:50:11 AM 08:50 Posted: 4/27/2007 Location: Lancaster, OH Shape: Light Duration: 30 seconds
Incredibly bright light, faded in then out, maybe super nova.