2010-08-21 - Athabasca, AB - Circle

A circle of "stars" rotating around a larger, pulsing star

Island Lake, north of Athabasca, Alberta. At approximately 11:00 PM on August 21st, 2010, I was stargazing on my back porch with my father when I noticed what appeared to be an unusually bright star. For some reason, I felt compelled to stare at it. It looked unnatural to me. My father said that he asked me what I was staring at, and that I did not answer him. He said that I continued to stare blankly at the sky and that I did not react to any of his questions. I do not remember him talking to me at all. When he looked back up at the sky, the star began pulsating. It would surge brightly once every 3 seconds. Several other lights which had appeared to be normal looking stars then began to migrate from random points in the sky and collect and circle around the larger star. A halo of approximately 12 stars slowly made 3 full rotations around the larger pulsing star until one by one, each of the lesser stars were absorbed into the large one. When the last star ! had been absorbed into the light of the large star, a blinding yellow flash lit up the sky. I would describe the sensation as similar to having the flash of a camera go off a few inches away from my eyes. When the flash went off, our 3 dogs that were inside the house started barking. All the lights had completely disappeared by the time my eyes readjusted 10 seconds later. I believe that the event lasted approximately 5 minutes. However, my father insists that the episode was closer to 10 minutes long. I may have lost time during this event. I remember that afterwards, I felt extremely tired both physically and mentally, and that I went to bed shortly after. Surprisingly, I did not wake up until Monday morning, August 23rd - over 32 hours later.


((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD))