NUFORC Sighting 119718
Occurred: 2015-06-22 21:35 LocalReported: 2015-06-23 09:19 Pacific
Duration: 2 seconds
No of observers: 0
Location: Stratford, CT, USA
Shape: Teardrop
In Stratford, facing west.
Sky cloudless, no wind.
About 30 degrees above horizon a fast skimming yellow fireball that traveled about 20 degrees from south to north by northwest on a straight path above horizon line.
Have previously observed various meteors/bolides, but this object was nothing like them: No trail or scattering of light; was a discrete yellow glow resembling a teardrop shaped bulb inwardly lit.
Streaked swiftly (no sound), with a slight declination to its path just before it simply went out - no fading.
I would not ordinarily bother to clutter this website with what I considered a bolide or yet another firework/Chinese lantern misperception, but this seemed genuinely unusual.
Posted 2015-06-24
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