Thought it was a Satellite until witnessing a very bright flash of light come from the object.
While looking at the western sky noticed a small dot in the sky traveling from north to south. Thought it was a satellite at first as it was very small and seemed to be traveling at the speed I am use to seeing from a satellite. The odd thing was as we were watching the small dot it suddenly started to glow with a very high intensity light so much so that I thought it was a helicopter spotlight. The light only lasted for a few seconds then went back to normal and the craft continued on a southerly course at the same speed before fading out. I have an aviation background and do not think it was an aircraft given the small size, the speed of the object and the brightness of the flash.
While looking at the western sky noticed a small dot in the sky traveling from north to south. Thought it was a satellite at first as it was very small and seemed to be traveling at the speed I am use to seeing from a satellite. The odd thing was as we were watching the small dot it suddenly started to glow with a very high intensity light so much so that I thought it was a helicopter spotlight. The light only lasted for a few seconds then went back to normal and the craft continued on a southerly course at the same speed before fading out. I have an aviation background and do not think it was an aircraft given the small size, the speed of the object and the brightness of the flash.
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Salem
USA
20 sec
20 sec
44.94
-123.01
circle
OR
Occurred : 8/10/2009 22:23 (Entered as : 08/10/09 22:23) Reported: 8/10/2009 10:39:00 PM 22:39 Posted: 8/27/2009 Location: Salem, OR Shape: Circle Duration: 20 sec Characteristics: The object emitted beams, The object changed color
Thought it was a Satellite until witnessing a very bright flash of light come from the object.