Strange Orange Light Over Randparkridge Johannesburg South Africa

 

Date: January 15, 2012

Time:  Approx: 8:15 p.m.

 

Hi, we live in Randparkridge, Johannesburg, South Africa (West side of Johannesburg). On Sunday evening at about 8:15 p.m. we (about six people) were sitting on our veranda just after supper. My sister pointed out the strange orange light in the east just above the horizon.

At first we thought it was a landing light from an aeroplane, but the more we watched, the more we realized that it couldn’t be an aeroplanes light as it was far too orange and bit dull.

It was also moving a little too fast for an aeroplane.

It also had a strange glow about it and moved in absolute silence. The object moved in an almost exact trajectory from east horizon to west horizon and took about 4 minutes till it went out of view.

It was difficult to judge how high the object was so we could not accurately estimate the speed but from where we watched one could have held up a fifty cent piece and perhaps just covered the light.

I am a bit of amateur astronomer myself so I have seen many unusual & interesting objects in the night skies but this one has me completely stumped.

My best guess is that it was a meteorite, but the flight path just doesn’t fit anything we have seen in the past.

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