Bright cloud-emitting orb seen for over 4 hours in Colorado
At approximately 22:00 on 7/04/21, from a location 10 miles south of Peyton CO, I observed, in the southwestern (essentially cloudless) sky at about 60 degrees elevation, a bright apparently spherical object, glowing at about minus 3 (-3) magnitude. The object alternately hovered and moved quickly in various directions, but stayed within about a 10 degree circle for at least FOUR HOURS. The accompanying video shows smoke-like emissions surrounding the object.
I am both a professional (having taught college astronomy) and also an amateur astronomer, and have spent many hundreds of hours looking at the night sky. This is not any sort of astronomical phenomenon.
At approximately 22:00 on 7/04/21, from a location 10 miles south of Peyton CO, I observed, in the southwestern (essentially cloudless) sky at about 60 degrees elevation, a bright apparently spherical object, glowing at about minus 3 (-3) magnitude. The object alternately hovered and moved quickly in various directions, but stayed within about a 10 degree circle for at least FOUR HOURS. The accompanying video shows smoke-like emissions surrounding the object.
I am both a professional (having taught college astronomy) and also an amateur astronomer, and have spent many hundreds of hours looking at the night sky. This is not any sort of astronomical phenomenon.
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Peyton
USA
at least 4 hours
at least 4 hours
38.95
-104.55
sphere
CO
Occurred : 7/4/2021 22:00 (Entered as : 07/04/21 22:00) Reported: 8/18/2021 6:54:13 PM 18:54 Posted: 8/20/2021 Location: Peyton, CO Shape: Sphere Duration: at least 4 hours Characteristics: There was an aura or haze around the object
Bright cloud-emitting orb seen for over 4 hours in Colorado. ((NUFORC Note: Source of report is experienced astronomer. PD))