Appearance / Description of Object(s)

Large yellow ball of light (bright). Moved like a Yo-yo.

Size of Object(s)

For my sighting it was about the size of an M&M. It's actual size is anyone's guess, I didn't get a good reference point for that.

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

1-2 miles away. Not more than 1,000 feet up.

Description of Area / Surroundings

Well, there's Ft. Lewis but that's miles from here. But in the right direction where the ball might have been hovering. Urban area. I was in downtown Olympia when I saw it.

Full Description & Details

While driving home from work tonight at 9:50-10:05 on February 23, I saw in the eastern sky a large yellow ball of light. Yellow like a street light. Not more than a thousand feet up. While driving, I kept my eyes on it when I could. As I got closer to the light, it seemed that it was touching the horizon, (close to Lacey). A few minutes later it was back up into the sky. Through trees I tried to see it with binoculars (I had the car stopped at this point). The light remained round with no other flashing lights around it, so it wasn't an airplane, and it moved far too slow to be an airplane as well. It didn't appear that the light turned, just moved up and down. Most airplanes move North and South because of the close proximity of the airport but this moved East to West and it seemed at such an angle that it didn't turn. I thought that it was the landing lights of an airplane, but those are generally white and it wold have turned away from me at some point.

Can sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or natural object?

I thought about the blimp, but blimps follow the flight patterns. This didn't. Hot air balloon maybe? Maybe not. This just seemed to go up and down, balloon have to follow the air patterns.

Witness Background

I'm a courtesy clerk at a local grocery store. I have a 4 year degree in Business Administration. My hours fluctuate. I don't smoke, or drink and I'm a very healthy person. I took flying lessons and love airplanes so I do know about what an airplane looks like. Please email me back about some information about this. I want to know what it was that I saw.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

I have read a little about UFO's before my sighting. And I have believed that they were out there. Out there, not here.

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