Appearance / Description of Object(s)

Small dim white dot, turned bluish, and at one point seemed to be illuminating a circular area directly around the object without actually increasing the brightness of the object it'self

Size of Object(s)

It was smaller than Jupiter, and similar in size to other stars in the sky at the time

Description of Area / Surroundings

Urban, neighborhood

Full Description & Details

Initially, it was difficult to even tell anything was there. It was a dim white color that was extremely hard to make out except for when it was moving. It would drift to the left, down slightly, then back up and to the right. Several times it dropped rapidly between what was easily the vertical distance between Jupiter and the moon. Each time it would smoothly loop back upward and then repeat. Over the course of the hour it was visible, several planes were seen heading from north to south. The object moved quickly up and away from the airplanes, then lowered again once they past. In one instance, the object did a counter-clockwise loop after dropping below the airplane, and seemingly crossed behind it's path. Twice the object approached the position of the planet Jupiter, once circling it counter clockwise, the other simply crossing over it. The color dimmed somewhat, and it turned a blueish color, before appearing to illuminate a circular area directly around the object, then returning to normal. I last saw it dropping behind a tree, and it did not reappear. The object seemed brighter when it was changing directions and moving, and twice it appeared to leave a small white dot behind it's path, but this easily could have been dim stars i didn't notice until the object crossed their path.

Can sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or natural object?

No, it's movement was too erratic and too fast

Witness Background

College Student

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

I read several UFO books as a kid and was interested in it to some degree-- I read about Roswell and other famous UFO sitings/incidents. I felt, and do feel, that most such incidents are false and either mistakes or simple fraud. I certainly would be more willing to believe it's possible to see an object behave the way I witnessed this one

Reported Sighting? 

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