2020-08-17 - Lynnwood, WA - Sphere

Bright yellow-orange glowing orb hovers over Lynnwood, WA, neighborhood

I am 61 yrs old when this occurred. I have an M.S. in Information Systems Management and I work as an IT Project Manager for a large local employer, where I have worked for many years.

Report – Occurrence on Aug 17, 2020 Lynnwood, Washington On the morning of Aug 17, 2020, at 12:31 am, I was awakened in my home in Lynnwood, WA, by a bright yellow-orange light shining into my upstairs bedroom window. The source of the light was spherical, self-illuminated, approximately 10-20% smaller than a full moon, but much, much brighter. It seemed like it was shining into my eyes – but it didn’t make me want to blink as it didn’t hurt my eyes. I stared at the object for about 8 seconds before it blinked out.

The window faces west. The orb was stationary, at approximately 175-225 ft in the air depending on how far away it was. (I am estimating its elevation in comparison to the height of some tall conifer trees. It was near the top of one of those very tall trees. If the orb was farther away, then my elevation estimate is probably wrong.

I kept looking out the window in case something else happened. A minute or two after the orb blinked out, my window was illuminated with a bright white light. I had blinds pulled down but angled open between each blind so that some light from the sky could come in, and I could see stars on a clear night. The bright white light illuminated the window for 10-12 seconds before it went out. I thought it might be someone’s (or even my own) motion-activated light. But the next day I realized that couldn’t be right because my motion-activated light is not nearly as bright and is set to stay on for 10 minutes. This light stayed on for 10-12 seconds, then went out, then came back on 4 or 5 minutes later, stayed on for 10-12 seconds again, then went out, then came on a third time, stayed on the same length of time, then went out again. When the window would light up, it looked like a glowing-white rectangle against a black background—almost like looking at a film negative. I kept watc! hing the window but the light didn’t come on again while I was watching. I didn’t get up to look out the window. I was a bit scared to do that as I didn’t want to attract any attention to myself. This time period where my window was being illuminated lasted about 20 minutes.

I tried to go back to sleep but I tossed and turned and slept fitfully after this. There was a dog outside barking, coming from the same direction as where I saw the orb. It would bark for a while, go quiet, bark some more, and this intermittent barking kept waking me up. I felt like I finally went to sleep and then I was awakened by the dog barking crazily…more intense than before. I opened my eyes and there was that same orange-yellow orb again, in a slightly different position…a little bit north but still shining into my window. I was only able to look at it for about 1 second before it winked out. The way it winked out, it looked like it collapsed inward from the two vertical-ish ( ) sides, so that for a half-second I could see a vertical orange line before it went all the way out. I thought it was strange that as soon as I opened my eyes, there was that orb again, but only for a second. As if to say “Bu-bye!” I looked at my clock again and it was around 3:30-3:35 am.