NUFORC Sighting 52471

Occurred: 2003-02-12 22:15 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2006-09-13 14:06 Pacific
Duration: 10 sec.
No of observers: 1

Location: Boulder, UT, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Emitted other objects

moving eas to west, looked like a superbright meteor, ball of fire, melted away suddenly, fairly slow moving

I'm retired Business Exec.On or about Feb. 12, 2003, I was watching the 10:00-news on TV. Dog tipped over the garbage can..I went out to investigate and started picking up the trash. It was about 10:15 at night and suddenly my whole yard was lit up. I looked up and turned around to see a ball of fire fairly slow moving from east to west. I lasted about 10-12 seconds and then broke up and disappeard. From where I stood it appeard to be about the size of a basketball and made a soft whooshing noise. It never hit the ground and it just dissapeard and broke in to several smaller peices.

NUFORC Note:

Witness indicates that the date of the event is approximate. PD

Posted 2006-10-30