NUFORC Sighting 119718

Occurred: 2015-06-22 21:35 Local
Reported: 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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