NUFORC Sighting 74007

Occurred: 2010-01-07 00:00 Local
Reported: 2010-01-07 18:41 Pacific
Duration: 3-4 secs
No of observers: 1

Location: West Haven (viewed from), CT, USA

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

bright green comet or unidentified object that appeared to crash into the Earth

Tonight, I was looking out of my window to the Northwest and I saw what first appeared to be a plane crashing.

The object was traveling from West to East and was North of West Haven. As I continued to watch the object, it seemed as though it was going way too fast to be a plane crashing. My second thought was that it was a comet or shooting star. It had a tail similar a shooting star. But I have never seen a shooting star as close to the Earth or appear to crash in the distance like this did.

As the object approached the horizon, The light went from a bright white to a much brighter green flying behind hills in the distance. It appeared to have crashed several miles in the distance. I would say that the size was much bigger than the largest star in the sky and the trail was about as wide as the moon.

Posted 2010-02-14