Occurred: 2005-08-09 23:45 Local
Reported: 2005-08-10 17:32 Pacific
Duration: 3 to 4 sec
No of observers: 2

Location: New Smyrna Beach, FL, USA

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

Bluish ball of light observed at New Smyrna Beach Florida. Possible bolide.

At approximately 23:45 my friend and I were on the boardwalk at New Smyrna Beach watching lightening over the ocean. A storm had just passed through an hour before and was off shore. We noticed a large turqouise-colored ball of light, surrounded by a haze, streaking silently from north to south over the ocean, in the direction of the Kennedy Space Center about 14 miles to the south. The object was the size of a quarter held at arm's length and had a long, hazy, bluish tail. What was curious was the object's bluish color, unlike any colors of comets or meteors I have seen, and that it seemed to move slower than a comet. Our observation time was about 3 or 4 seconds before the object vanished. I would surmise that we witnessed a bolide and that atmospheric conditions were responsible for the odd color.



Posted 2005-09-02

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