NUFORC Sighting 9769

Occurred: 1999-09-09 12:35 Local
Reported: 1999-09-15 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 7 SEC
No of observers: 1

Location: Shasta/Sand Flat, CA, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Landed, Electrical or magnetic effects

ASLEEP AGAIN AFTER SEEING DISC 35 MIN PRIVIOUS. LARGE SLOWMOVING GREEN FIREBALL 200FT AGL MOVING W.TO E. STUCK TREES MADE LOUD CRACK, VANASHED

WOKE TO VY BRIGHT FIREBALL SLOWLY CROSSING SAND FLAT WEST TO EAST. IT LIGHTED THE WHOLE FLAT UP WITH A GREEN GLOW. THE FIREBALL WAS ABOUT 200 FT AGL ABT 300FT NORTH OF MY POSITION EST ABT 30 FT IN DIAMETER. IT WAS A PERFECT SPHERE TRANSLUCENT EXCEPT FOR THE CORE WHICH WAS MORE SOLID YELLOWISH ABT 3 FT DIA. I COULD SEE RADIATION PATTERNS LIKE FINE SPOKES OF A BICYCLE WHEEL, BUT IN 3D. THE FIREBALL VANISHED IN THE FOREST WITH A LOUD "CRACK" SOUND. THE NEXT MORNING FOUND A TREE LIMB BROKEN OFF A LARGE SNAG AND THE TOP OF AN AJACENT TREE WAS SNAPPED OFF. MY CAMERA BATTERY WAS DEAD AS WAS MY CELL PHONE BATTERY. NEXT DAY WITH A NEW BATTERY I TOOK A PHOTO OF THE TREES WITH OBVIOUSLY FRESH WOUNDS. WHITE.

NUFORC Note:

Date changed to 09/09/99, the proesumed date of the sighting.

Posted 1999-10-02