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Hi, I was at IIM Kashipur, Uttarakhand, India. While looking at the southwestern sky at night, I noticed a white streak of light. At first, I thought it was a plane or something similar. After a few minutes, the streak became slightly longer, bent toward the left, and then suddenly disappeared. About five minutes later, it appeared again and behaved the same way.

My friend suggested it might be Venus, and I know it was in the general direction where Venus would be. However, can Venus even appear like that at night, or could it have been something else? Can someone help me identify what I saw?

Hi, I was at IIM Kashipur, Uttarakhand, India. While looking at the southwestern sky at night, I noticed a white streak of light. At first, I thought it was a plane or something similar. After a few minutes, the streak became slightly longer, bent toward the left, and then suddenly disappeared. About five minutes later, it appeared again and behaved the same way.

My friend suggested it might be Venus, and I know it was in the general direction where Venus would be. However, can Venus even appear like that at night, or could it have been something else? Can someone help me identify what I saw?