NUFORC Sighting 21920

Occurred: 2002-02-09 13:30 Local
Reported: 2002-02-18 12:20 Pacific
Duration: 5 sec
No of observers: 2

Location: Barrington, RI, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Left a trail

My wife and I were on the East Bay Bike Path near Barrrington RI where we had just stopped riding for a moment. I was looking down and my wife suddendly said "Oooo, look at that". I looked up (looked north and maybe slightly west) and saw a brillant fireball heading nearly straight down. I could only perceive a slight arc. While probably not a extra-terrestrial space craft, it was still enough to make my heart skip. I had never seen a metor during the day - what it must have looked like at night! I was shocked at how long we could observe the object since most metors last just an instant.

Posted 2002-02-22