SIGHTING: NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE (UNITED STATES)

Witness Testimony

"I had just sat down on the back deck for a cigarette when I noticed what looked like a planet shining in the sky above me. It was nearing dusk but still very much daylight; the bats were out for the evening, but the birds were still out as well. I sit in this spot often and observe the sky, so I knew that the light was unusual, but it looked so much like a planet I thought there might be some unusual celestial event that I wasn't aware of. I grabbed a star chart from inside and was trying to figure out what it could be when my boyfriend walked out to join me. He is a scientist and so operates with a very logical mind, so I'm very grateful that he was there as a second witness. He used his iphone sky app to try and identify it, but there shouldn't have been anything there. As we were both watching, the light brightened for a brief moment, returned to it's previous brightness for a few seconds, and then simply disappeared. I estimate the total time I observed it at approximately 5 to 7 minutes. "