2020-08-30 - Oshawa, ON - Circle

30/08/20 22:25 hrs 3-5 min duration Oshawa, Ontario Large pulsating bright red translucent orb

At approximately 22:25hrs. on Sun. Aug.30,2020 was outside talking to a family member on the phone in the south end of Oshawa, Ontario, where I live and is within 5 min. walk to Lake Ontario.

My neighborhood is in a direct line for small aircraft traveling from W. to E. with low altitudes between 3,000ft-12,000ft. E. to W. corridor for small craft fly a few km's to the North of City. Commercial flights use same corridors but at altitudes of 20,000ft - 35,000ft. (Occasional Police & Search/Rescue Heli's w/ powerful searchlights can be seen flying low near Lake Ontario's coast in all directions) Weather on this night is clear with a near full-moon coming around from the East and no clouds visible in the West over the Lake at that time.

I noticed what appeared to be the usual small aircraft traffic coming from W.-E. A small plane at approx. 3,500ft-5,000ft. with standard flashing night-time lights.

I then spotted another craft flying in the same direction roughly 1,000ft to the north and approx. 500ft-1,000ft lower than the first and did not appear to be in dangerous proximity to each other although unusually close in my experiences watching planes. Also, I took notice of the first craft maneuvering away in a lazy South-East direction to put some more distance between them which also told me that the pilot had most probably seen it and took avoidance measures.

I could not identify what kind of craft the second lower flying one was.

It was over Lake Ontario, traveling West to East and flew about as fast as the other at first but its speed varied at times, slowing or speeding up but also making altitude adjustments, up and/or down with no rhyme or reason.

It was circular in shape, like a very large orb. I couldn't be sure of its size due to not having a reference such as clouds for scale, but seeing the other craft taking proximity avoidance maneuvers and comparing both, I would estimate that it was at least the same size or 50% larger than what may have been a Cessna. I ruled out a drone due to its size and speed.

The strange thing about this unknown craft was its color and what it was doing. It was as bright as a flood-light but a deep, deep red. It pulsated in brightness with almost translucent properties. I immediately thought of those 'Chinese Lanterns' but also ruled them out when I realized that the pulses of red light had a specific frequency and did not 'flicker.' The pulsating 'Orb' went from really, really bright, would dim a bit then pulsate brightly again and again. This happened for almost 3 t0 5 minutes while I watched completely gobsmacked. I even hung up on my sister to go get my binoculars in the house. It was still there when I came back out but was not able to focus on it before it pulsed a few last times then suddenly just stopped and disappeared. I searched all over that area with my binoculars under clear skies and a near-full moon. Did not see it again but it bothered me enough to google this web page and report what I had seen. Hope this account doesn't mak! e me seem like an idiot and hope I didn't overdo it. Thx.