Appearance / Description of Object(s)

Small round white hazy clouds that were briefly illuminated and then remained faintly visible for a number of seconds before dispersing. Visible to the naked eye. Small, intensely neon blue spec seen through binoculars. Blue spec did not twinkle or sparkle like the other stars in field of view. There were no blinking lights or other visible features.

Size of Object(s)

Cloud objects appeared to be about 1/4 the size of a full moon. The associated blue spec seen through the binoculars was not visible to the naked eye, but appeared to be the same size as the other stars in the binoculars field of view.

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

Very high. Very far.

Description of Area / Surroundings

Urban area.

Full Description & Details

We were standing in our backyard at 10:15ish on a warm, fairly clear evening, when I saw a brief glow or sparkle out of the corner of my eye high in the sky about 70 degrees above the eastern horizon. I focused my attention on the area in question but could not see anything unusual. I remarked to my son and wife that I had seen something unusual without much further discussion. Ten seconds later I saw a brief small glowing puff of cloud or gas that was illuminated for several seconds, and this time all 3 of us saw something. It was a roundish glowing white cloud about 1/4 the size of a full moon. It seemed to occur very high in the atmosphere, and without any associated objects that could have produced the gas. Each of the clouds seemed to be illuminated for a second then remained faintly in view for a number of seconds. I ran into the house and returned shortly with a decent set of 7X binoculars and scanned the area. My family members saw another similar small cloud in the general area and I was able to see a small, intensely neon blue spec through the binoculars, similar in apparent size and brightness to the other stars, but very different color than starlight. It did not sparkle or twinkle like the other stars. The blue spec was moving slowly relatively to the stationary stars, but didn't seem to be on a specific course. It kind of meandered amongst the stars in my field of view. I returned to the house and got some 15X binoculars but was unable to reacquire the moving blue spec, and there were no further glowing clouds in the area.

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

Our speculation of what we had seen included: A high altitude aircraft or space craft with manuvering rockets or jets producing puffs of glowing gas. High altitude aircraft launching small rocket projectiles.

Witness Background

My son and I are both software engineers, gainfully employed. I served in the USAF during the VietNam era.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

I believe that most UFO sightings can be explained as natural or man made phenomena.

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