NUFORC Sighting 25353

Occurred: 2002-10-01 05:30 Local
Reported: 2002-10-01 20:31 Pacific
Duration: 8-10 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Port Townsend, WA, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Left a trail

Giant Blue-Green fireball falls from the sky at 0530 in washington state

I was at the marina getting ready to launch my boat and out of no where in the sky there was a blue-green ball falling from the sky moving to the east. None of the guys i was with say it because they were looking at me with the surprised look on my face... When i got home at 4pm i told my wife about it and we started pondering it. Then we watched the 5 o clock news and they said there were alot of calls reporting a fireball falling from the sky and they didnt have an answer except maybe a meteor but this thing was bigger than any meteor ive ever seen. From where i was it looked about the same size as the moon.



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Peter
From where I was at it looked to be falling from the southwest toward the north towards Canada but if you asked for my estimate I would say it landed in the Strait of Juan de Fuca It was falling at a 45-50 degree angle and when I first saw it I thought some one from Port Townsend Shot a huge green flare because it looked so close. It really didnt seem very far from me. At the time the size of it looked to be about the same size as the moon. And it seemed to move alot slower than a meteorite. actually looked like a flare falling slow to the ground. This morning I was at the same place and at the same time I saw a shooting star in the same place at the same time except it was the usual size. Tiny but fast. If you have any questions I would like to help out.

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It was to the west of me going north,.

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NUFORC Note:

Probable meteor. Many other reports. PD


Posted 2002-10-15

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