NUFORC Sighting 114186

Occurred: 2014-10-03 19:53 Local
Reported: 2014-10-03 20:35 Pacific
Duration: 3 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Toms River, NJ, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Left a trail

Very low fireball, leaving a sparking trail, that was short-lived.. only a few seconds. Traveling sideways toward the ground..

Upon exiting the (big/super)Shop-Rite on the intersection of Rt.37 and Rt. 166 in Toms River, I was getting into my vehicle and my eyes were drawn upward.

There was a bright fireball traveling sideways, with a slight downward trajectory, that was not high enough to be a "shooting star", but lower than an airplane, lets say.

My first thought was it might me a firework of some sort, but this was way too high and bright.. and the trajectory was totally sideways. It burned very bright as if on fire, and left sparks/ remnants in the air. It was just East/ SouthEast of the Shoprite.

I feel it was a metorite honestly, but I've never seen one so low before. I would say it was around 1000 feet in the air. It streaked like a shooting star.. but much lower and I could see details much more clearly.

Posted 2014-10-10

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