NUFORC Sighting 40284

Occurred: 2004-10-24 23:30 Local
Reported: 2004-10-29 23:59 Pacific
Duration: 15-20 Seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Pittsburgh/New Castle, PA, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Left a trail

Traveling East bound on I-76 (Penn. Turnpike) at mile marker 12/13. I witnessed an extremely bright blue almost welding torch like, flash across the sky at an incredible rate of speed. The entire highway and valley area was illuminated like day. This flash was a perfect straight line and then made almost a 45 degree turn banking to the southwest. The flash came directly from the North. At the end of this event the trail was still present and seemed to start to disapate from the south looking almost like a sparkler as it vaporized moving from the South to the North.

NUFORC Note:

Possible meteor. PD

Posted 2004-11-02