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Lake Tahoe, California (United States)

Sighted on Monday 20. June 2016
Reported on
Shape: Star-like | Duration: Undisclosed
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Looked up and saw a bright star-like object due east over the Sierra mountains, in the direction of Tahoe from Pollack Pines. After 2 hours, it's still in the same place. It's 5PM, and the sun is still rather high in the sky, so it's not a star or planet. The photos are taken at 7:30PM, but the light was just as bright at 5PM. I must be a star, but stars can't be seen until the sun starts setting (around 8:30PM tonight). It's not a planet, Venus isn't out, and Saturn is in the West. Seemed to be a bit larger at 5PM than right now. Possibly a very larger weather balloon. But it's not moving.

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