NUFORC Sighting 25280

Occurred: 2002-09-28 06:50 Local
Reported: 2002-09-28 12:24 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Seattle, WA, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Left a trail

Streaking objects with smoke/steam tail just above the horizon, east of Seattle just before sunrise. The first appeared at 6:50Am, the second at about 7:10. Both appeared first as brilliant points of light, becoming comet-like in appearance as the decended. I observed both with a low-power telescope and could see the plume of smoke/steam trailing as the objects burned in descent. My guess is that they were satellite or craft debris. Both left cloud remnants that were brightly illuminated by the rising sun.

Posted 2002-09-29