NUFORC Sighting 34253

Occurred: 2002-12-31 07:30 Local
Reported: 2004-01-01 18:34 Pacific
Duration: seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Shoreline/Edmonds, WA, USA

Shape: Light

Large ball of light in the sky falling slowly to the ground

On 12/31 at approximately 7:30 p.m., I was driving home from work. I was driving west on Richmond Beach Road and turned right on Eighth Ave. NW heading north, toward Edmonds. I'm not sure if I was in the city of Shoreline or Edmonds at this point. The street I was on has houses on both sides of the street and trees in the background. There was no traffic that night, so the street was darker than normal. As I was driving, I noticed some sort of light and looked up and saw a large ball of light, pinkish purple in color. It was falling down to the ground, but very slowly. I didn't know if I was seeing an odd sort of fireworks display or if it was an odd kind of flare. Since I couldn't tell where the ball of light was going to land and the area I was driving in was fairly dark and without traffic, I turned around and drove home on a more travelled road.

Posted 2004-01-17