Size of Object(s)

Like a very large star.

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

1000 feet altitude at closest

Shape of Object(s)

Sphere

Color of Object(s):

White

Full Description & Details

This is a sighting of what I am assuming is the same object over a two week period. I saw this object 3 different times.

The first time I saw this object was on Sept. 7, 2004 at around 8:30 P.M.. I had just finished supper and went out on my porch to have a smoke. As I looked up, I noticed a very bright star about 30 degrees above the southeast horizon. I am an avid sky-watcher and have enjoyed amateur astronomy from a young age. This star confused me. It was in the constellation Capricorn which does not have any stars of this magnitude. I also knew there were no bright planets in this constellation at this time.

So I was wondering what this was. It was sitting still in the sky. It was a very bright white like Venus or Jupiter, but not brilliant. It was large for a star, about the size of a BB held at arms length. After watching it about 10-15 seconds, it suddenly appeared to start moving. Using a telephone wire for reference, I could see it very slowly, almost imperceptibly decending lower in the sky. Then very suddenly, this object did a loop and took off toward the south. If you can imagine a clock and this object being in the center, it shot downward to about 8 o'clock position. Then it moved in a smooth curve as moving through 7, 6, 5, and 4 o'clock positions. Then it shot off quickly toward the south. This loop movement was very fast, much quicker than the many planes I see every night. Also as it shot off it dimmed in magnitude. It went from a white color to slightly bluish, to greenish before fading out of view. At the last it looked like a small transparent ball, like a crystal ball. I ran inside and got a pair of binoculars I use for star-gazing but could not locate it.

The second sighting was several days later on Sept. 12. Again, I had gone out on my porch. It was around 8 P.M. This was a little earlier, and the western sky still had some light. I looked to my right (Southwest) and saw what I believed to be this same object, only now it appeared much lower in the sky (I estimate maybe 1000 feet). It was travelling from the southeast toward the northeast. It was travelling slowly, I estimate 100-150 MPH. I ran in quickly and got my binoculars to look at this object. Through binoculars it appeared the same, only slightly larger. It just appeared to be a ball of white light. To the eye it looked about the size of a pea held at arms length. It passed directly over me. It was completely silent. It flew to the northeast horizon. Then it took on a reddish hue, dimmed and blinked out.

My third sighting was about a week later. This occured around 11:30 P.M.. This time I saw what I assume is the same object (it looked the same). This time it appeared at high altitude. It was travelling from the southeastern sky toward the southwest. It was behaving very oddly this time, I will try to describe it. It would move in a straight line about the speed an airliner crosses the sky. Then, it would dip down slightly and appear to "slide" very quickly for a distance. Then it would dip again and travel at the original slower speed again. Then it would dip again, and again slide at a much quicker pace for a distance. It was a very unusual zig-zag type of pattern. It did this zig-zag type pattern about 4 times before flying off at the original speed.

Now, I look for this object all the time, but I have not seen it since.

Other Comments

I am sending you a drawing of the 1st and 3rd sightings.

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