NUFORC Sighting 55659

Occurred: 2007-03-11 20:00 Local
Reported: 2007-03-11 17:32 Pacific
Duration: 5 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Waynesburg, OH, USA

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

Green fireball in Western sky leaving trail and then exploding

I caught a green mass out of the corner of my eye in the Western sky moving at a very fast rate of speed. I walked around the corner of the house to look at the West sky. At that time, I saw the green light getting brighter and just then, a green flaming mass appeared traveling South to North.

The mass had a tail following it and I watched it travel for approximately 5 seconds. At that time, it exploded, much like a firework. As it exploded, debris extended in all directions. At that time, the entire light disappeared.

The stream of light was the entire Western sky, as far as I could see from South to North. It looked to be about as high as a jumbo jet airliner would fly but much larger, perhaps 6 jumbo jets put together in size. The light was more of a light fluorescent green. I have witnessed many shooting stars and this was unlike anything I have ever seen. The green color was very vivid and sharp.

NUFORC Note:

We suspect that the object may have been a meteor. Other reports. PD

Posted 2007-04-27