Unusually bright light seen next to very bright full moon
I was out with family, going for a holiday lights viewing ride in a car. We decided to drive around the ritzy neighborhood on the north side of Green Mountain. I noticed earlier that there was a full moon and it was very bright, in the ENE sky. I like looking at the moon, so occasionally I would look at it again. One time I looked at it there was a bright light just to the right of the moon. I assumed it was Venus or a bright star, although I've never seen one so close to such a bright full moon. I looked again about 10 minutes later, and now the same light was to the LEFT of the moon. That didn't seem right to me. Someone told me they thought it was probably Mars. Two problems with that: it didn't have the usual reddish tint and was brighter than it would be EVEN IF it was AWAY FROM a full moon--it should have appeared even dimmer to me because of the brightness of the full moon so close to it; and how did it move over to the other side of the moon? I decided at the time to doubt my observations, but now I am more curious, as there have been other reports of this object, one with photos, on this site. I didn't mention it at the time to anyone; they were only looking at the holiday lights in that neighborhood. I am a member of MUFON and Colorado MUFON.
I was out with family, going for a holiday lights viewing ride in a car. We decided to drive around the ritzy neighborhood on the north side of Green Mountain. I noticed earlier that there was a full moon and it was very bright, in the ENE sky. I like looking at the moon, so occasionally I would look at it again. One time I looked at it there was a bright light just to the right of the moon. I assumed it was Venus or a bright star, although I've never seen one so close to such a bright full moon. I looked again about 10 minutes later, and now the same light was to the LEFT of the moon. That didn't seem right to me. Someone told me they thought it was probably Mars. Two problems with that: it didn't have the usual reddish tint and was brighter than it would be EVEN IF it was AWAY FROM a full moon--it should have appeared even dimmer to me because of the brightness of the full moon so close to it; and how did it move over to the other side of the moon? I decided at the time to doubt my observations, but now I am more curious, as there have been other reports of this object, one with photos, on this site. I didn't mention it at the time to anyone; they were only looking at the holiday lights in that neighborhood. I am a member of MUFON and Colorado MUFON.
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Lakewood
USA
15 minutes
15 minutes
39.71
-105.13
light
CO
Occurred : 12/24/2007 18:50 (Entered as : 12/24/07 18:50) Reported: 2/10/2008 10:48:23 PM 22:48 Posted: 3/4/2008 Location: Lakewood, CO Shape: Light Duration: 15 minutes Characteristics: There were lights on the object
Unusually bright light seen next to very bright full moon