NUFORC Sighting 04495

Occurred: 1998-09-29 18:44 Local
Reported: 1998-10-01 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 1.5 sec
No of observers: 1

Location: Yuma, AZ, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Left a trail

Light green ball, the size of one quarter the moon, when the autumn moon is at twelve o'clock, traveling in a due north tragectory. [Observance out an open doorway whilst seateight feet from said egress.] Said objectdisappearing from sight before reaching the horizon. Estimated approximately ten feet in diameter, traveling at approximately one thousand feet at approximately

Light green ball, the size of one quarter the moon, when visualizing the autumn moon positioned at twelve o'clock, traveling in a due north tragectory. [Observance out an open doorway whilst seated eight feet from said egress.] Said object disappearing from sight before reaching the horizon. Estimated approximately ten feet in diameter, traveling at approximately one thousand feet altitude, at approximately five hundred miles per hour. Said object appeared to glow and/or shimmer. A slight tail, trail or attached tracer, one third the ball's diameter was viewed.

Posted 1998-11-01