NUFORC Sighting 21693

Occurred: 2002-02-04 22:00 Local
Reported: 2002-02-04 22:42 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Ignacio, CO, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Left a trail

Was it a comet?

I was on hwy 151 South of Ignacio at home outside on a cell phone, letting my dog out and I always look up because the stars at this altittude are so pretty, when from across the sky came a what apeared to be a lit airplane falling or something like that. I wasn't the only one who seen it cause a driver by reported to another person said to my husband he saw a "shooting star" by I had more than a glance at it and it didn't look like any shooting star I have ever saw before, it looked more like the comet that past us about 5 or more years ago. I diffenently saw flaaming colors from the rear of this object Blue,yellow & orange.

NUFORC Note:

Please see other, similar reports for this date and time. PD

Posted 2002-02-22