NUFORC Sighting 71663

Occurred: 2009-08-14 23:50 Local
Reported: 2009-08-15 07:52 Pacific
Duration: 5 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Litchfield, CT, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Left a trail

Sparkling green fireball shooting over Litchfield CT

It was around 11:30 pm August 14, 2009, when I was standing out on my deck looking at the stars in the very clear night sky.

Then, facing west, over the house I noticed a bright green fireball streaking across the sky from south to north. It was moving much slower than the shooting star that I had seen 10 minutes earlier, but much faster than the planes I see fly over all the time. The green fireball had sparkles coming off it, and had a long green trail behind it. It was a very strange thing to see. I cannot say for sure how high up it was, but it appeared to me to be fairly low, certainly lower than the shooting star.

The whole thing lasted maybe 5 seconds.

I would really like to know what that was. The sparkles coming from it are puzzling.

NUFORC Note:

Possible meteor, we suspect. PD

Posted 2009-08-27