Driving along the Pullman Moscow Highway just as I was about to enter the city limits of Pullman, Washington, something utterly inexplicable happened. To the west, at about a 45-degree angle, I caught sight of a brilliant blue circular light—a celestial anomaly so vivid it seemed to explode across the sky in a burst of whitish-blue brilliance. This object, glowing like a surreal otherworldly beacon, descended almost vertically, gliding downwards at an angle no more than 15 degrees from vertical, moving silently and swiftly.
For less than a second, I watched this startling phenomenon. The instant white-blue flash of its appearance was nothing short of mesmerizing, lighting up the entire sky. Behind it stretched a thick, luminous trail of bright blue and white, matching the object’s size, which was roughly as large as the full moon, if not larger. This brilliant plume accentuated the trail of the object’s swift descent, lending it an ethereal glow.
The silence was just as eerie as the sight—the object left no sound in its wake, only an intense visual reverberation etched forever in my mind. The brief spectacle, lasting just one full second after its initial flash, left an undeniable impression, a moment suspended between reality and the strange unknown. For those captivated by night sky mysteries and the glowing secrets they may hold, this event in Pullman offers a tantalizing glimpse into an encounter that challenges earthly explanations.