NUFORC Sighting 53373

Occurred: 2006-11-12 01:00 Local
Reported: 2006-11-12 03:31 Pacific
Duration: about 1 minute
No of observers: 1

Location: Long Beach, CA, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Emitted other objects

Orange fireball drips small ball

The sky has been clear with a few clouds recently. for the last two nights, I have been looking at the stars be cause they were bright and clear. I was cehcking out the skyline of the city when I noticed this bright flickering object which seemed to be over the ocean. It looked to be about 10 miles away pretty low on the horizon. I pulled over and stopped my car to get a better look. It didn't look like an airplane, it seemed to be hovering and not really moving. It was an organge color and look kind of like it was on fire. After about a minute of observing this thing a small peice of it dripped down and both objects dissapread in the clouds.

I couldn't believe my eyes for a secoond. I am not sure what that thing was.

Posted 2006-12-07