NUFORC Sighting 04497

Occurred: 1998-09-29 20:15 Local
Reported: 1998-10-02 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 4 secs
No of observers: 1

Location: Rochester, NY, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Left a trail

Walking dog, looked up, saw large orange fireball with a long orange tail streak across sky directly above. Never saw anything like it before.

Early evening, clear city sky, I looked up and saw a strange orange fireball streaking across the sky. It was the size of about 1/6 to 1/5 the diameter of the moon. It had an orange tail that was about 10 degrees long. It was travelling from East to West and burned out about 4 seconds after I first saw it.

Posted 1998-11-01

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