Light over Pine Grove, CO
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
My wife and I were watching the Meteor Shower, we were laying down on a picnic table our feet facing about 45 degs on the compass which is NE. At around 10:15 pm, I spotted a flash of light at about 65 degs upward and about 30 degs on the compass. I estimate 3-4 secs later, it flashed again and I could detect it was slowly moving. Every 3-5 seconds it would flash again and continued moving toward 65 degs on the compass. It took about 15 minutes to travel from 30 degs to 65 degs, it became dim and I could no longer detect it. There were no other blinking lights, so, therefore, I conclude it was not a plane. What it was I cannot say.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #135713). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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