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| Occurred : 10/27/2003 17:00 (Entered as : 10/27/2003 17:00) Reported: 11/5/2003 3:27:49 PM 15:27 Posted: 11/8/2003 Location: Troutdale, VA Shape: Fireball Duration:5 minutes |
| Fireball visible at low horizon in dusk sky As reported to me by my mother-in-law on Halloween night, she mentioned she and her son witnessed a fireball object from his porch looking South from Troutdale, VA., on either 10/27 or 10/29 at around 17:00 hrs. in dusk sky from just above treeline to less than 30 deg. to horizon. While object seemed a distance away she reported that the fireball, which pulsed in intensity, at perigee was about 1 to 1 1/2 times the size of a full moon disk. The incident lasted about 5 minutes until it went out. The object apparently remained stationary in the sky until going dim. I checked this site and the only sighting near this one was the Abingdon sighting on 10/22. She said that her sighting was definitely later than that, but was certainly a fireball. ((NUFORC Note: Date is approximate. PD)) |