NUFORC Sighting 16768

Occurred: 2001-03-06 23:18 Local
Reported: 2001-03-09 00:00 Pacific
Duration: less than 1 min
No of observers: 0

Location: Elk City, OK, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Left a trail, Emitted other objects

Oklahoma fireball

as I was leaving the parking lot at my workplace, I was traveling north, slowing up for a stop sign. I saw the cloudy sky directly in front of me turn bright blue & then I saw an orange ball travel across the sky in front of me. The object was moving from the SE to the NW. It had a long tail of yellow sparks. The sighting lasted for only a couple of seconds as it was moving very fast. Within approx 15 seconds of my sighting, I heard over my scanner one of our local police officers say "Did anyone else see that?" A second police officer replied "That's a big affirmative" The skies were very overcast last night and I felt like the blue flash was the object reflecting off the underside of the clouds.

Posted 2001-03-16