NUFORC Sighting 87517

Occurred: 2012-03-05 21:30 Local
Reported: 2012-03-06 13:46 Pacific
Duration: 10 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Rutland, VT, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Left a trail, Changed Color, Landed

Light/Fireball heading towards earth, 9 PM, Rutland Vermont, Whitish-Green streak of light behind and no explosion.

Around 9:30 PM I happened to glance quickly out a large widow that faces southwest, when I suddenly saw a fireball/light streak across the sky. It looked to be relatively high up, to be honest I thought it was a plane crashing when I first saw it because there's an airport nearby. There was no noticeable noise being emitted. It was bright white and left a long whitish-green streak of light or vapor behind it which dissipated about 10 minutes later. I didn't see or hear any explosion, I also could not tell where it landed because of how dark it was outside. It was definitely not a meteor either, I've seen many meteor showers and this did not look like one at all.

Posted 2012-03-13