NUFORC Sighting 149359

Occurred: 2019-09-30 20:57 Local
Reported: 2019-09-30 19:59 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Altoona, IA, USA

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

Bright orange ball over Iowa

At approximately 20:57-20:59, there was a bright orange fireball over Iowa. It traveled straight down extremely fast, and appeared as it was almost a large meteorite falling from the sky. Once it got about 100 feet from the ground, The light completely went out and it disappeared into the clear sky. There were never any sounds and I was waiting for the sound of impact but it never came.

Posted 2019-10-04

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