NUFORC Sighting 131579

Occurred: 2016-11-17 19:40 Local
Reported: 2016-12-02 19:08 Pacific
Duration: <1 minute
No of observers: 1

Location: Jordan, MT, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Left a trail

25 miles from Jordan, Montana, driving North on hwy 200, 7:40pm, November 17th, 2016...the sky suddenly lit up, so bright like it was daytime...my first thought was that the moon had come out from behind the clouds and then I remembered we had had a full moon several days ago.

Off to the East, I saw what I can only describe as a "comet", or what I think one would look like. It was a bright green bright ball with light trailing behind it, tails? And it fell off into the dark sky and disappeared.

The entire experience was less than a minute, feels considerably longer because of how detailed I remember the experience being and all the thoughts I had in the few seconds trying to rationalize what I saw

Posted 2016-12-05