NUFORC Sighting 65167

Occurred: 2008-08-10 21:50 Local
Reported: 2008-08-11 10:05 Pacific
Duration: 2 seconds
No of observers: 0

Location: Westminster, MD, USA

Shape: Fireball

Small Orange Light Observed Traveling South

I was taking out the trash and usually look around at the sky afterwards. I am an amateur astronomer with a good head on my shoulders. I was just about to go inside and was standing on my porch. I happened to be looking eastward and observed an orange object travel at remarkable speed from North to South. At first I thought it to be a meteor but I remembered that it was contained within the clouds as I saw it passing thru them. I thought this to be strange since the clouds were around 1000-2000 feet. That meant to me that it might have been something else. The object was silent and no other aircraft were observed in the area at that time.

Posted 2008-08-12