NUFORC UFO Sighting 11096

Occurred: 1999-11-16 18:05 Local
Reported: 1999-11-21 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 15 seconds
No of observers: 3

Location: Fairfield, IA, USA

Shape: Fireball

Greenish apearing fireball with spark tail heading slowly eastward.

I greenish fireball heading East. No idea how near or far. Spark tail. First impression was a firework left over from 4th, but it traveled across sky and did not diminish. After 10-15 seconds its path took it out of our sightlines behind trees. It was the first of the two Leonid nights, and when I heard that I assumed that's what we saw, but then I heard that fireballs weren't part of Leonid and NUFORC was taking reports on them.

NUFORC Note:

We believe the witness observed the object(s) on 16NO99. We have changed the date here.

Posted 1999-11-23