NUFORC Sighting 160707

Occurred: 2020-11-20 00:19 Local
Reported: 2020-11-20 00:54 Pacific
Duration: Less than 10 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Anaheim, CA, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Left a trail

I am a security guard on duty overnight and tonight I was on duty sitting in my patrol car with my seat slightly reclined and my phone resting on the steering wheel with a program playing and at my angle could see the whole sky facing north through my windshield.

At 00:19 I saw first what looked liked sparks coming off of a white dot that lasted about a second, then there was a flash of light, like lightening but it didn't illuminate the whole sky, just a flash of a ball of white light around the object quite larger than the small streak of sparks and then the most unsettling part, it looked like there was a tear in the sky that then closed like a zipper being zipped up this object disappeared into.

There are no stars out tonight and very little clouds so this sighting was very clear and had to be witnessed by others in the area by anyone outside at the time.

I'm compelled to report this when I haven't reported other strange sightings in the night sky because it was so much to see and I think other reports of this will come in and corroborate the event.

Posted 2020-12-23