NUFORC UFO Sighting 1678
Occurred: 1996-11-16 23:20 LocalReported: 1996-11-18 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 3 sec.
Location: Watkins Glen, NY, USA
Shape:
Six teenagers on hill witness a BRIGHT ball of fire w/ a green/yellow trail streak across the sky. Covered 110 degrees in 3 seconds.
Caller was standing on an 800-foot high hill near Watkins Glen with five of his teenage friends. They had just attended a hockey game.
Suddenly, they all saw a "low-flying ball of fire, with a greenish vapor trail" streak across the sky from east to west. The caller estimates that the object covered approximately 110 degrees of arc in about 3 seconds. He thought the tail behind the light might have been "at least a mile long."
Posted 1999-11-02