Saw three lights traveling south to north over western Maryland
At approx. 22:24 I was with my daughter star gazing when I spotted three white lights moving south to north. I was using a pair of 15x70 binoculars and the distance between the lights was about half of the viewing diameter of the binoculars. The objects covered approx. a 45 degree angle of sky from my position in about 15 seconds. The two outside lights were in a stationary pattern as they moved across the sky, while the third trailed slightly and moved back and forth between the two outside lights. This is approx. how they looked:
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The trailing light moved back and forth between the two as they moved north. The lights appeared to be about the same size as the background stars. My daughter was not able to see the lights herself with the naked eye, and by the time she got her binoculars focused in the direction of the lights, they had moved beyond our viewing range.
Also, approx. 20 minutes after the first sighting, we both observed a single light moving south to north at approx. the same speed as the first lights, followed about three minutes later by another single light moving in the same direction and speed.
At approx. 22:24 I was with my daughter star gazing when I spotted three white lights moving south to north. I was using a pair of 15x70 binoculars and the distance between the lights was about half of the viewing diameter of the binoculars. The objects covered approx. a 45 degree angle of sky from my position in about 15 seconds. The two outside lights were in a stationary pattern as they moved across the sky, while the third trailed slightly and moved back and forth between the two outside lights. This is approx. how they looked:
From this: * * *
To this: * * *
The trailing light moved back and forth between the two as they moved north. The lights appeared to be about the same size as the background stars. My daughter was not able to see the lights herself with the naked eye, and by the time she got her binoculars focused in the direction of the lights, they had moved beyond our viewing range.
Also, approx. 20 minutes after the first sighting, we both observed a single light moving south to north at approx. the same speed as the first lights, followed about three minutes later by another single light moving in the same direction and speed.
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LaVale
USA
15 seconds
15 seconds
changing
MD
Occurred : 6/18/2009 22:24 (Entered as : 06/18/09 22:24) Reported: 6/18/2009 8:37:27 PM 20:37 Posted: 8/5/2009 Location: LaVale, MD Shape: Changing Duration: 15 seconds
Saw three lights traveling south to north over western Maryland