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Louisville, KY

Sighted on Tuesday 31. December 2013
Reported on
Shape: Sphere | Duration: 45 seconds
Source:

Single bright light-orange orb moving from southwest to northeast at 9:15 PM on 12/31/13 in the 40207 ZIP Code of Louisville, KY.I walked outside to my back patio about 9:15 PM on 12/31/13 (New Year’s Eve) and looked up at the sky. I immediately spotted a single light-orange orb in the southwest part of the sky moving northeast at a moderate rate of speed. It didn’t appear to be at a high altitude –maybe a couple of hundred feet above the ground (although I’m certainly not the best judge of distances). If I were to have held up my thumb, it would have been just a bit smaller than the size of my thumbnail. It passed to the west of me and I followed its path as it headed northeast until it disappeared.It was extremely bright. I saw no blinking lights around it, as you see on planes. It had no form, like a plane, simply a brilliant ball of light. And, what struck me as the strangest thing of all, was that it was completely silent.My husband and I spend many nights outside on the patio star-gazing. Since we are very close to the flight path of Louisville International Airport, Bowman Field, and a TV station that has a helicopter landing pad, my husband and I are very familiar with all types of aircraft at all levels of altitude. Even though we live relatively close to the city and the light pollution can sometimes be a problem, we can also spot satellites as they pass overhead.Despite our familiarity with the aircraft/spacecraft that fly over our home (we’ve lived here for 8 years), I couldn’t identify this as anything I’d ever seen in the past. I remember asking myself, “What IS that?” When it had disappeared (after being visible to me for about 45 seconds), I walked back inside and mentioned to my husband that I’d just seen something that I’d never seen before in my life. I wondered silently to myself if I’d seen a UFO.A few days later, while checking the Internet, I found reports of people in California on New Year’s Eve spotting light orange orbs of light that were completely silent. I was stunned. I believe I saw exactly the same thing in Louisville, KY. (END)

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