NUFORC Sighting 08302

Occurred: 1999-07-09 22:45 Local
Reported: 1999-07-09 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 2 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Woodburn (7 miles east of), OR, USA

Shape: Fireball

red glowing object, white at center, just above horizon to the North. Did not appear to move. Disappeared from view.

I happened to see this enormous glow in the night sky, and assumed it was an illegal firework. When I realized that the shape was static, I excaimed to my brother "What is THAT?", he then turned around and watched it with me for about 2 seconds. I walked around his car to get a straight on view, but it had vanished. To give you an idea of the size, objects appearing on this horizon (the treetops I see are about one mile away) could be described this way: stars: a small bead planes: a marble local farm outdoor lights: a ping pong ball the glowing object: a soccer ball My brother, who is very opposed to ufo discussion and would have handily given any other explanation he could think of, had no idea what to make of it.

Posted 2001-08-05