SIGHTING: HARSHAW, WISCONSIN (UNITED STATES)

Witness Testimony

"I was staying at my mothers house on a lake in Harshaw (Oneida county, Wisconsin), getting it ready for sale. I thought I had worked enough for the day and decided to try some fishing from shore. It was a beautiful evening. No clouds, no wind, 65 - 70 degrees. I was casting for whatever fish might come along, usually a bass and if I was lucky, a walleye. After I cast and as I am retrieving the bait, I am taking in the scenery and the sky. On one cast, I am looking at the sky and something caught my eye. It was a very bright light. It was almost directly overhead and moving slowly from roughly east to west. I have seen satellites countless times but never any this bright. I watched it for maybe 10 - 15 seconds at which time it just dimmed out. I kept watching on the chance that if it was a satellite, maybe it was tumbling and would reappear. It never did. No sound, no other lights, no vapor trail. It was a bright white light. To estimate the distance it traveled in relation to my outstretched arm, it would have been maybe 2 or 3 inches. I noted the time to be about 7:10P.M. I seemed to me that if it were a satellite, it still should be visible since the sun would still be shining on it. Today (9/6) I tried to find out if there were any satellites crossing that area at that time on 9/4 but could find nothing."