Bright flash followed by glowing, blinking object
On 08/02/2008 about 2130 I was sitting on my back porch, looking at the sky. My attention was drawn by a very bright flash, like a photographic flash, to the southwest. When the flash dissipated, there was a glowing white object in the spot where the flash originated. The object looked like a large satellite, blinking on and off in an irregular pattern glowing brightly for about a second then dimming to complete darkness for one to several seconds. My first impression was that it was some type of satellite which was rotating and reflecting the sun, but I would imagine that the pattern of flashes would be at a more consistent interval. The object continued flashing on and off for about a minute. By connecting the locations where the object was glowing, it made a shallow āSā shaped path, finally disappearing to the northwest. I checked the Heavens Above site for iridium flares and other objects which would account for this sighting, but I could not find anything for that time frame and location in the sky.
On 08/02/2008 about 2130 I was sitting on my back porch, looking at the sky. My attention was drawn by a very bright flash, like a photographic flash, to the southwest. When the flash dissipated, there was a glowing white object in the spot where the flash originated. The object looked like a large satellite, blinking on and off in an irregular pattern glowing brightly for about a second then dimming to complete darkness for one to several seconds. My first impression was that it was some type of satellite which was rotating and reflecting the sun, but I would imagine that the pattern of flashes would be at a more consistent interval. The object continued flashing on and off for about a minute. By connecting the locations where the object was glowing, it made a shallow āSā shaped path, finally disappearing to the northwest. I checked the Heavens Above site for iridium flares and other objects which would account for this sighting, but I could not find anything for that time frame and location in the sky.
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Riverside
USA
1 minute approx.
1 minute approx.
33.95
-117.41
light
CA
Occurred : 8/2/2008 21:30 (Entered as : 08/02/08 21:30) Reported: 8/3/2008 8:24:52 AM 08:24 Posted: 8/12/2008 Location: Riverside, CA Shape: Light Duration: 1 minute approx. Characteristics: There were lights on the object
Bright flash followed by glowing, blinking object