A bright white light that looked like an asterisk flew high in the sky in an arc, then dimmed to a red dot before disappearing.
My boyfriend and I were out smoking a cigarette and looking at the stars to pass the time. I noticed something that looked like it could have been a star or a planet begin to move slowly across the sky. I pointed it out to him and we watched it slowly move in a strange arc across the sky. It was a brilliant white light that was so bright, it had a starburst effect, making it look like an asterisk. It moved well across the sky for no longer than five minutes. Suddenly, the light dimmed quickly to a tiny red dot, and then it disappeared.
I am a college student, my boyfriend is a labor worker, and we have an infant. We've never seen anything like this before. We could see planes in the sky that night - they were much, much lower than this light. As I said previously, it seemed like an extremely bright star or perhaps a planet until I noticed it was moving.
My boyfriend and I were out smoking a cigarette and looking at the stars to pass the time. I noticed something that looked like it could have been a star or a planet begin to move slowly across the sky. I pointed it out to him and we watched it slowly move in a strange arc across the sky. It was a brilliant white light that was so bright, it had a starburst effect, making it look like an asterisk. It moved well across the sky for no longer than five minutes. Suddenly, the light dimmed quickly to a tiny red dot, and then it disappeared.
I am a college student, my boyfriend is a labor worker, and we have an infant. We've never seen anything like this before. We could see planes in the sky that night - they were much, much lower than this light. As I said previously, it seemed like an extremely bright star or perhaps a planet until I noticed it was moving.
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Modesto
USA
About 5 minutes
About 5 minutes
37.66
-120.99
light
CA
Occurred : 6/29/2011 22:15 (Entered as : 06/29/11 22:15) Reported: 7/22/2011 4:31:41 PM 16:31 Posted: 8/7/2011 Location: Modesto, CA Shape: Light Duration: About 5 minutes Characteristics: The object changed color
A bright white light that looked like an asterisk flew high in the sky in an arc, then dimmed to a red dot before disappearing.