NUFORC UFO Sighting 9740

Occurred: 1999-09-07 01:00 Local
Reported: 1999-09-14 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 2-3seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Salem, OR, USA

Shape: Other
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Left a trail

large greenish white umbrella shaped object coming in fast left ionized trail.

At 0100 I saw at 90 degrees an object which looked like a shooting star . it was slower than a meteorite and was app the size of a penny at arms length. it moved almost due west in direction....and corse corrected several times as it moved. The tail of this object was a greenish color with horizontal bands of black.

Posted 1999-10-02