Point of light traveling at high altitude with intervals of "flaring".
Under a clear, cloudless sky I observed a point of orange-ish light traveling south to north almost directly overhead Portland, Oregon. My eyes would not otherwise have been distracted to peer skyward had it not been for a "flaring" effect I noticed from this object moving from the south. I compare this object to a star of magnitude +2 and when it didn't flare it appeared identical to a star.
The best approximation I can describe this "flaring" is to equate it with the firing of air in a hot air balloon at high altitude. The flaring had colors of red/orange/white and would last about ten seconds, then cease and the point of light would reappear. The flaring occurred in intervals of about two to three minutes and I observed about five of these events. The object continued to move south to north at a steady rate but abruptly began traveling northeast as it passed over the Vancouver, WA area. I continued observing this object for 20 minutes and the flaring continued to occur at regular intervals throughout the period of my observation.
Under a clear, cloudless sky I observed a point of orange-ish light traveling south to north almost directly overhead Portland, Oregon. My eyes would not otherwise have been distracted to peer skyward had it not been for a "flaring" effect I noticed from this object moving from the south. I compare this object to a star of magnitude +2 and when it didn't flare it appeared identical to a star.
The best approximation I can describe this "flaring" is to equate it with the firing of air in a hot air balloon at high altitude. The flaring had colors of red/orange/white and would last about ten seconds, then cease and the point of light would reappear. The flaring occurred in intervals of about two to three minutes and I observed about five of these events. The object continued to move south to north at a steady rate but abruptly began traveling northeast as it passed over the Vancouver, WA area. I continued observing this object for 20 minutes and the flaring continued to occur at regular intervals throughout the period of my observation.
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Portland
USA
30 min
30 min
45.51
-122.66
light
OR
Occurred : 1/9/2009 21:30 (Entered as : 01/09/09 21:30) Reported: 1/9/2009 11:29:06 PM 23:29 Posted: 1/10/2009 Location: Portland, OR Shape: Light Duration: 30 min Characteristics: There were lights on the object, The object emitted beams, The object changed color
Point of light traveling at high altitude with intervals of "flaring".