Bright ball of light appeared suddenly, winked in and out then disappeared before moving out of reasonable visual range.

Observation Details

Location

Semmes

30.7782°N, -88.2592°W

St. James Parish, Jamaica

Witness Account

I was on my roof watching the lyrid meteor shower when an unusually bright bluish-white light appeared suddenly in my right peripheral. I was facing northeast (facing the lyra constellation) when it appeared from the right seemingly out of nowhere. At first, I thought it was a plane but the light was way too bright and spherical so I started wondering if it was a very large meteor. However, something was off about how the object was moving. It was bobbing, almost like a bee. It kept moving eastwards, almost in a straight line, then the intense bright light disappeared and only a small dot of light could be seen. Within a few seconds the same intense bright light returned but just for a few seconds then went back to the small dot of light. Within seconds after that the dot of light disappeared too, almost like it disappeared between the stars. It would not have gotten far enough to move out of range of visibility before it disappeared completely. I keep telling myself that is must be an aircraft or helicopter of some sort, but the characteristical red light or flashing light was absent. Both the big ball of intense light and the small dot of light that it went down to were stable.…

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