Time and Date: 1 January 2015 9:00pm
Place: Helderberg
Submitted By: Oliver
Our balcony has a wide view of the helderberg and Hottentot holland mountain ranges.
It was about 9:00pm and i was getting some air outside when i spotted a “star” in the sky, although it seemed out of place, to low and to bright to be a star so i watched it.
The object didn’t move for about ten minutes so i went back inside. About five minutes later i looked from the bedroom window and the object was still there, then it dimmed and started displaying an assortment of smaller flashing shiny white lights, in some sort of sequence.
I got my binoculars and followed it as it again turned into a star shape, and it was moving slowly.
It then disappeared completely only to reappear more to the right and started flashing again. I was too far away to hear any sound.
Whole sequence happened again, then no sign after 15 mins.
Hi Oliver, I think I may have seen the same or similar last night
we have seen on 7 occasions the orange red orbs and last week a very fast and low green orb , here in Meyerton Gauteng , I am a keen stargazer
so spend much time out on the stoep looking upwards with my binos.
I spotted a very low “star” on the southern horizon quite large and also seemingly out of place , I would have said satellite but it was not moving at all , it was there for at least half an hour . what was unusual to me is that normally the atmospheric dust at that low angle would normally cover up any stars . And as I was watching it , it suddenly moved downwards and faded out. this was fairly early also around 21.00 hrs