A bright ball of light hovered for a couple minutes
At about 9:15 AM I was having my coffee out in the backyard when I noticed a ball of light climbing slowly in the sky. It seemed to be at a very high altitude and far away. As it climbed a little higher, it stopped and hovered in the same spot for about 2 minutes. I ran inside to grab my video camera but when I came back it was gone. It was a crystal clear day with no clouds to obstruct my view. I live towards the coast and saw this object high over the mountains to the east. This is the third time I have seen this kind of light in the sky. I had previously seen it 2 months ago during evening ours. During these occurences, the light was extremely bright, it hovered for about a minute or two, then took off to the east, disappearing very fast. I live close to Vandenburg AFB, so i'm thinking it might be test flights of some kind. Hopefully someone else saw this or has seen the same thing. Please let me know.
((NUFORC Note: The only launch from Vandenberg AFB we are aware of was of the Gravity B satellite, which was launched April 20, 2004. PD))
At about 9:15 AM I was having my coffee out in the backyard when I noticed a ball of light climbing slowly in the sky. It seemed to be at a very high altitude and far away. As it climbed a little higher, it stopped and hovered in the same spot for about 2 minutes. I ran inside to grab my video camera but when I came back it was gone. It was a crystal clear day with no clouds to obstruct my view. I live towards the coast and saw this object high over the mountains to the east. This is the third time I have seen this kind of light in the sky. I had previously seen it 2 months ago during evening ours. During these occurences, the light was extremely bright, it hovered for about a minute or two, then took off to the east, disappearing very fast. I live close to Vandenburg AFB, so i'm thinking it might be test flights of some kind. Hopefully someone else saw this or has seen the same thing. Please let me know.
((NUFORC Note: The only launch from Vandenberg AFB we are aware of was of the Gravity B satellite, which was launched April 20, 2004. PD))
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Santa Barbara
USA
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2 minutes
34.43
-119.72
light
CA
Occurred : 4/23/2004 09:15 (Entered as : 04/23/2004 9:15) Reported: 4/23/2004 4:04:15 PM 16:04 Posted: 4/27/2004 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Shape: Light Duration: 2 minutes
A bright ball of light hovered for a couple minutes