NUFORC Sighting 13267

Occurred: 2000-07-01 22:30 Local
Reported: 2000-07-01 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 15 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Salinas, CA, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Left a trail

One brightly lit ball that left a trail.

The craft appeared to be moving from southwest to Northeast. At a medium altitude, aprox. 2 or 3 miles up. We had intermitant fog cover to look through when observing this object. It had an exhaust and was brightly lit. The front was rounded and moved at a constant speed. It did not appear to be losing altitude but it did look like it was burning up. We observe this object to be a white and brightly lit with no blinking lights of a normal plane. It had an exhaust tail that was quite uniform in two sections out the back. It made no sound like any other plane going the speed of sound.

Posted 2000-07-11