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| Occurred : 8/9/2005 23:45 (Entered as : 08/09/2005 23:45) Reported: 8/10/2005 5:32:13 PM 17:32 Posted: 9/2/2005 Location: New Smyrna Beach, FL Shape: Fireball Duration:3 to 4 sec |
| Bluish ball of light observed at New Smyrna Beach Florida. Possible bolide. At approximately 23:45 my friend and I were on the boardwalk at New Smyrna Beach watching lightening over the ocean. A storm had just passed through an hour before and was off shore. We noticed a large turqouise-colored ball of light, surrounded by a haze, streaking silently from north to south over the ocean, in the direction of the Kennedy Space Center about 14 miles to the south. The object was the size of a quarter held at arm's length and had a long, hazy, bluish tail. What was curious was the object's bluish color, unlike any colors of comets or meteors I have seen, and that it seemed to move slower than a comet. Our observation time was about 3 or 4 seconds before the object vanished. I would surmise that we witnessed a bolide and that atmospheric conditions were responsible for the odd color. |