NUFORC Sighting 14105

Occurred: 2000-07-31 09:35 Local
Reported: 2000-09-13 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 5 sec.
No of observers: 1

Location: Snohomish, WA, USA

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

Bright fireball trailing a little black smoke, headed straight down just SW of Snohomish, WA then vanishes at a few hundred feet.

You requested more information on sighting: I was on hiway 2 heading west, at the first town of Snohomish exit. I was driving a truck and the hiway was going in a sw direction at the time, and looking straight head out the windshield, I saw what appeared to be a fireball, it looked like it was headed straight down and seemed to be traveling too slow to be a meteor, it was very bright and seemed to trail a little black smoke. It then just vanished, at what looked like a few hundred feet above ground. I first reported it was at 10:00, this was just a estimate, it could of very well been at 9:35 as other reports.

Summary: I was driving a truck just north of snohomish on hwy 2 and the object was just south of town, it looked like a burning ball of bright l

Description: was driving a truck just north of snohomish on hwy 2 and the object was just south of town, it looked like a burning ball of bright light or fire, trailing a little black smoke, then it just vanished before coming all the way down.

NUFORC Note:

Original report appears below. PD

Posted 2000-09-17