NUFORC Sighting 52505

Occurred: 2006-09-16 09:00 Local
Reported: 2006-09-17 09:24 Pacific
Duration: 3-5 Min
No of observers: 4

Location: Napa, CA, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Left a trail, Emitted other objects, Changed Colo

Fireball across the napa sky around 9pm, looked like an airliner on fire but afdter checking nothing reported

It was Saturday night almost 9p.m. My family and I decided, a lil too late in the evening, to do a backyard B.B.Q.

My spouse, with a tad bit more patience than I this evening, refocused their lil minds by cleverly pointing out several lights in the sky.

IMMEDIATELY as we look into the sky, our focus is immiediatly frozen to a very unfamiliar sight in the sky. There was some type of formation, whether it be a Star,Rock or a UFO, I am still not sure but whatever the object it did have a capitivating glow around it, possibly an aircraft in distress we originally assumed until we drove out to the county airport (with the same kids that were driving us crazy shortly before, and to add to the delima our eldest child, 4 years in age, saw the entire showing in the sky, and came to belive that it was a airplane full of people who caught fire shortly before crashing) My son has abbrivated leters after his name that would make a doctor jealous, but these letters identify his special needs emotionally, he is a very smart and has a imignation with no limits...he asked questions the entire drive to the local airport (30 min) he has told us we need flashlights and paints a childlike graphic image of what he expects to encounter once on the scene. Needless to say we encountered nothing but the same intoxicated, out of state winos. We drove until his nerves were at ease and he was sure that there wasnt a plane on fire. He then fell asleep as his younger brother had shortly before. When we got home and pulled the sleepy kids from the van he told his mom that it wasnt a plane crash that he had belived it to be, that it actually was a shooting-star. The rest of the night into the morning we still felt like the only people who had seen this as there was no news reports and it wasnt until this sunday morning I did a google search for any information and came up with only 1 article, reported by a girl in the TARGET parking lot.

There might have been 2 of these things or part of it burned and fell from the main object, I am still not sure We are still VERY interested in finding out more about this, from others who witnessed it or anyone who may know more.

(Please stay away if you are a member of any ufo groups that meet often and dress up in space grub!)

Posted 2006-10-30

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