Small dot in the daytime sky moving around an airplane contrail
This sighting was made by my wife and daughter.
As I approached them in my truck, they were looking and pointing to the sky. I pulled up alongside and my daughter was wondering about a small dot of light in the sky was doing. Both ladies were observing it moving around in a small area of the sky near an “aging” airplane contrail. The contrail was actually providing a reference as it moved along, and across it, and seemed to be making some right-angle moves at times.
I was attempting to see what they were seeing, but not able to do so. (I was actually mistakenly looking at for the object along the wrong contrail—there were 2 fairly close together and parallel in the sky and the one that I needed to be looking at was higher up, and the roof of my truck was blocking the correct one). I reached under the seat and handed my daughter my binoculars. She described it as “round” and either “spinning or pulsating” at about 1 second intervals. (Still a fairly small dot even with the binoculars). I was frustrated because I couldn’t see it, but was looking about 10 degrees of arc in the wrong area). She watched for about 5-10 minutes until it faded from view as it headed south.
(From the angle in the sky, it would have been probably over the Veradale or Liberty Lake area).
This sighting was made by my wife and daughter.
As I approached them in my truck, they were looking and pointing to the sky. I pulled up alongside and my daughter was wondering about a small dot of light in the sky was doing. Both ladies were observing it moving around in a small area of the sky near an “aging” airplane contrail. The contrail was actually providing a reference as it moved along, and across it, and seemed to be making some right-angle moves at times.
I was attempting to see what they were seeing, but not able to do so. (I was actually mistakenly looking at for the object along the wrong contrail—there were 2 fairly close together and parallel in the sky and the one that I needed to be looking at was higher up, and the roof of my truck was blocking the correct one). I reached under the seat and handed my daughter my binoculars. She described it as “round” and either “spinning or pulsating” at about 1 second intervals. (Still a fairly small dot even with the binoculars). I was frustrated because I couldn’t see it, but was looking about 10 degrees of arc in the wrong area). She watched for about 5-10 minutes until it faded from view as it headed south.
(From the angle in the sky, it would have been probably over the Veradale or Liberty Lake area).
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Spokane Valley
USA
10 minutes
10 minutes
47.66
-117.22
circle
WA
Occurred : 9/3/2018 14:30 (Entered as : 9/03/18 14:30) Reported: 9/4/2018 12:29:13 PM 12:29 Posted: 9/13/2018 Location: Spokane Valley, WA Shape: Circle Duration: 10 minutes
Small dot in the daytime sky moving around an airplane contrail