NUFORC Sighting 08621

Occurred: 1999-08-09 20:18 Local
Reported: 1999-08-10 00:00 Pacific
Duration: about 2-3 minutes (we lef
No of observers: 0

Location: Yakima (About 10-30 miles NW of), WA, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Left a trail

Comet-like object, high in sky, set at \ angle, nearly vertical, stationary, no aircraft in sight.

Object was bright like a vapor trail. Very high in sky. At this angle (\) and about that long in relationship to its width. Looked like a comet or perhaps something burning up in atmosphere. I didn't get the feeling that this was an alien spacecraft, but either a natural phemomen, or maybe a man-made object buring up in atmosphere. One never know though. The light was white (exactly like a vapor trail).

Posted 2001-08-05