Orange shimmering object moving across night sky
Last night I saw another shimmering orange object in the sky. I already reported on one that I saw on August 10.
On this occasion, I went outside to lock my car and the object caught my eye. It was moving from east northeast to west southwest. It was not falling like a shooting star, but moving horizontally. Unlike the first sighting, this one had no trailing “cone” shape behind it, but otherwise it was identical.
It produced no trail, like a shooting star or comet. It moved in a straight line fairly quickly, like the speed you would of a plane flying across the sky. But I have seen planes flying across the night sky with their navigation lights flashing at regular intervals. This was definitely not a plane. The object was basically round and orange in color, but it shimmered or flashed but not regularly – the effect was more like it was an irregular shaped object spinning around fairly quickly. Maybe it would be akin to wrapping aluminum foil around a rock, hang from a string, spin it around, and shine a bright orange light on it.
Anyway, it tracked across the sky and then it gradually diminished in intensity and eventually faded from view.
The whole episode lasted about 10-15 seconds from the time I first spotted it.
Last night I saw another shimmering orange object in the sky. I already reported on one that I saw on August 10.
On this occasion, I went outside to lock my car and the object caught my eye. It was moving from east northeast to west southwest. It was not falling like a shooting star, but moving horizontally. Unlike the first sighting, this one had no trailing “cone” shape behind it, but otherwise it was identical.
It produced no trail, like a shooting star or comet. It moved in a straight line fairly quickly, like the speed you would of a plane flying across the sky. But I have seen planes flying across the night sky with their navigation lights flashing at regular intervals. This was definitely not a plane. The object was basically round and orange in color, but it shimmered or flashed but not regularly – the effect was more like it was an irregular shaped object spinning around fairly quickly. Maybe it would be akin to wrapping aluminum foil around a rock, hang from a string, spin it around, and shine a bright orange light on it.
Anyway, it tracked across the sky and then it gradually diminished in intensity and eventually faded from view.
The whole episode lasted about 10-15 seconds from the time I first spotted it.
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Columbus
USA
10-15 seconds
10-15 seconds
39.99
-82.98
sphere
OH
Occurred : 8/18/2012 23:40 (Entered as : 08/18/2012 23:40) Reported: 8/19/2012 8:27:33 AM 08:27 Posted: 8/19/2012 Location: Columbus, OH Shape: Sphere Duration: 10-15 seconds Characteristics: The object changed color
Orange shimmering object moving across night sky