SIGHTING: RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA (UNITED STATES)

Witness Testimony

"When skywatching with 15x70 binoculars.At 9:45pm 7/20/17 saw a pin point white or silver flash by eye then viewed thru binocs. flashed repeatedly every 8 to 15 seconds diminishing in intensity only to flash bright again. definitely appeared out among stars . lasted for about 8 minutes. flashes of light moved around randomly in a small area close to the stars acrab and jabbah. in the southern sky 35 degrees above horizon. this same exact incident repeated itself when i went skywatching again the next night on 7/21/17 @ 10:30. first nite observation flashes in area above ( north when looking south) of star jabbah and following nite to the west of star acrab. saw flash first by eye then watched as it diminished and brightened and moved around in small area. you need binocs to see stars they are west of saturn in southern sky. most of flashes could not be seen without binoculars. these two stars form part of a triangle with a another star. triangle looks like pc of pie pointing north and has a 4th star in close proximity adjacent to southeast apex. this phenomenon was experienced two nights in a row in the same small area of the sky. duration of second incident only lasted about 4 minutes. i will look for it tomorrow nite. would appreciate others try. only when object flashed its brightest could it be seen by naked eye. size of flash of blinking light was size of avg to small star as it pulsated in energy. "