NUFORC Sighting 97406

Occurred: 2013-04-27 21:20 Local
Reported: 2013-04-27 20:03 Pacific
Duration: 1.5 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Cobourg (Canada), ON, Canada

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

Orange glow traveling silently at high speed in northwesterly direction.

A bright, orange glow, traveling in a northwest direction. No sound, no visible trail, no blinking lights.

High velocity - comparable to how a jet might appear at say, 5,000 feet.

Size was approx. 1/4 - 1/5 diameter of the moon.

It passed not directly overhead, but approx. 20° to the south of where I stood.

As it receded into the northwest distance, it appeared to hover 15 - 20 seconds, although this could be an illusion - its brightness and position seemed to remain constant for that duration.

I ran inside and grabbed some binoculars and managed to view it through them, but I could not focus on it - it was simply an orange glow.

It gradually faded from view well above the horizon, approx. 20° above the horizon.

Posted 2013-05-15

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