12/13/2006: Cataumet, MA, USA

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Occurred : 12/13/2006 16:30 (Entered as : 12/13/06 16:30) Reported: 12/14/2006 9:38:42 AM 09:38 Posted: 2/1/2007 Location: Cataumet, MA Shape: Unknown Duration: 1 hour
NOAA Doppler sees streak across US. While looking at NOAA's Doppler radar, national mosaic, base reflectivity loop, I noticed a streak crossing nearly the whole US continent. It appeared as what might look like a fireball streak, the length of Massachusetts, appearing to travel from Portland Maine, traversing south west direction in a random zig zag, but not deterring to far off it's course which ended it's travel of my screen out through Texas. The NOAA national mosaic updates one hourly I believe. My guesstimation is that it traveled the distance within 1 hour. If NOAA keeps records of yesterdays event, NUFORC should investigate this. Others must have seen this too. ((NUFORC Note: We doubt that the event was caused by a UFO, but we cannot be certain. The anomaly may have been caused by a "data drop," when the data was downloaded from a weather satellite. PD))

National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report

Occurred : 12/13/2006 16:30 (Entered as : 12/13/06 16:30)
Reported: 12/14/2006 9:38:42 AM 09:38
Posted: 2/1/2007
Location: Cataumet, MA
Shape: Unknown
Duration: 1 hour

NOAA Doppler sees streak across US.

While looking at NOAA's Doppler radar, national mosaic, base reflectivity loop, I noticed a streak crossing nearly the whole US continent. It appeared as what might look like a fireball streak, the length of Massachusetts, appearing to travel from Portland Maine, traversing south west direction in a random zig zag, but not deterring to far off it's course which ended it's travel of my screen out through Texas. The NOAA national mosaic updates one hourly I believe. My guesstimation is that it traveled the distance within 1 hour.

If NOAA keeps records of yesterdays event, NUFORC should investigate this. Others must have seen this too.

((NUFORC Note: We doubt that the event was caused by a UFO, but we cannot be certain. The anomaly may have been caused by a "data drop," when the data was downloaded from a weather satellite. PD))