Bright light over South Lake Tahoe, CA
I went out onto an upstairs balcony for some air and noticed a very bright light, low in the Western sky, over Echo Summit in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. It was too large and much too bright and in the wrong place to be a star or planet and it was relatively stationary. As I watched it began to move slightly down and to the right and then it remained stationary once again. It was not blinking or 'twinkling', though the light appeared to shine much like a diamond. There was no sound. I called to everyone else who was home at the time to come and look at it. They saw it move as well. When videotaped, the object appeared to grow larger and smaller, though we think it was just becoming brighter/dimmer and it was difficult to see what it was since the night was very dark and there was no other stationary frame of reference for the camera. When viewed through binoculars the shape was spherical, rather violet in color with rotating green rings about it with a slight red/orange trail. We called some friends, who lived in other areas nearby, but a few miles away to ask if they could see it as well - which they could. We sat watching it for some time, while it continued to 'hover' and move slightly up, down, left and right. It (very) slowly began moving West and then disappeared at around 10:30pm.
((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Venus. PD))
I went out onto an upstairs balcony for some air and noticed a very bright light, low in the Western sky, over Echo Summit in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. It was too large and much too bright and in the wrong place to be a star or planet and it was relatively stationary. As I watched it began to move slightly down and to the right and then it remained stationary once again. It was not blinking or 'twinkling', though the light appeared to shine much like a diamond. There was no sound. I called to everyone else who was home at the time to come and look at it. They saw it move as well. When videotaped, the object appeared to grow larger and smaller, though we think it was just becoming brighter/dimmer and it was difficult to see what it was since the night was very dark and there was no other stationary frame of reference for the camera. When viewed through binoculars the shape was spherical, rather violet in color with rotating green rings about it with a slight red/orange trail. We called some friends, who lived in other areas nearby, but a few miles away to ask if they could see it as well - which they could. We sat watching it for some time, while it continued to 'hover' and move slightly up, down, left and right. It (very) slowly began moving West and then disappeared at around 10:30pm.
((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Venus. PD))
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South Lake Tahoe
USA
1 hour
1 hour
38.92
-119.98
light
CA
Occurred : 4/11/2004 21:50 (Entered as : 04/11/2004 21:50) Reported: 4/12/2004 10:26:06 AM 10:26 Posted: 4/27/2004 Location: South Lake Tahoe, CA Shape: Light Duration: 1 hour Characteristics: There were lights on the object, The object left a trail, There was an aura or haze around the object
Bright light over South Lake Tahoe, CA ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Venus. PD))