Occurred: 2001-04-20 02:30 Local
Reported: 2001-05-04 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 5-7 sec
No of observers: 3

Location: Owings Mills, MD, USA

Shape: Flash
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Left a trail, Changed Colo

a stationary object appeared in the sky for 10 seconds and its brightness increased over this time and disappeard w/ a trail of light.

i was sitting with my girlfriend and her friend on my car watching the stars at Soldiers Delight Nature Center lookout point when i saw a bright object that looked out of place amongst the stars. the object was stationary at first and had a low glow surrounding it. i thought it could have been a planet at first until it started to get brighter every second. we were all amazed by this and watched it closely. after about 10-15 seconds it was very bright and then all of a sudden a flash was emitted and it took off extremely fast. behind the object was a medium glow of light, like a tracer. it then disappeared into the sky. the object was large enough for me to see it that far away. i am 18 years old and my friends are around the same age. i have seen a shooting star before and this is not even closely related. i think it had a humming sound, but my radio in my car was on at the time.

Posted 2001-08-05

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