2005-08-06 - Loveland, CO - Light

Flashing light with no running lights inbetween flashes over NE Colorado

While stargazing last night (8/6/05) approximately 10:55 MT, a lady friend with me pointed out a white flashing light in the NE sky travelling to the north. The light flashed once like a bright aircraft light but after the initial flash there were no visible running lights like a conventional aircraft. About 10 seconds later the light flashed again in an apparent northward movement, and repeated once more about 10 seconds later further north again. There were no lights or shapes visible inbetween flashes. It was then obstructed from view in the distance by trees and buildings. The light appeared bright and close enough that normal aircraft running lights would have been easily visible inbetween the long delay between flashes. Also the light first appeared in the NE section of the sky, it was not visible coming from the south. We had been skygazing continuously for approximately the past 20-30 minutes prior to the sighting, were actually looking up when the first flash occurred, and would have seen the light if it had been approaching from the south. The only other events of note were that we did notice 3 or 4 meteor streaks spaced out over the time we were gazing, and the only possible way for me to explain the light conventionally might be a small meteor travelling too slow to create a visible streak but fast enough for some material to have heated during reentry and ignited intermittently.

(Note to NUFORC personnel: I've submitted a number of reports over the past few years and mentioned this to the NUFORC hotline, which I called just before entering this report. I realize one can go for years or never at all without seeing a ufo, and receiving yet another report from me might create suspicion, but for the record I maintain that all I do is look up, and that these are all legitimate reports that describe events that are just not conventional enough for me to dismiss as such.)