On the evening of Jan 10, 2015 my friend and I were sitting in my back yard gazing up at the stars. The evening was quite cool and clear with some light wispy clouds at high altitude. We were sitting quietly when my friend told me to focus on the area just west of Orion's star Mintaka. Within a few minutes a translucent type of cloud appeared just southwest of the southern star of Orion's belt Alnitak. A moment later a craft appeared "very clearly to me" as a crescent shaped remarkably beautiful ship/craft (sketches attached). My friend and I both observed the craft at about 60 degrees above the horizon move silently across the sky from east to west. The total time of viewing was about 8 to 10 seconds, at an approximate 60 deg field from start to finish. The backyard viewing location is a cement slab with no trees to obscure our view. Orion's belt was clearly in view and we had been outside in the dark for over a half an hour so our eyes were well adjusted to the night. There were no acquisition lights on the craft, which is very odd since the flight path was due west toward the Lakeland airport. With the sighted craft approximately 500 to 1000 feet in altitude, this is quite dangerous as there might be other small aircraft at that altitude with a potential collision issue. If this was a military craft it would have had some type of lights on it or if super secret it would not have flown this path.It appeared to me that the craft was illuminated from the urban city lights below therefore it must have been a shiny. When the craft first appeared it was almost a translucent look, silver in color, but changed to a pale rose color before it disappeared. The craft had a clearly defined shape and I could see some details on the underside.

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